On March 5, 2004 at 23:49, Daniel Schregenberger wrote: > > Exactly. You also have the case, now, of users wanting different > > markup than HTML. > > So maybe we should go with the hype and use XML and XSLT to convert it > to whatever markup wanted? ;)
Not too likely. Some users generate PHP, or even Java/JSP, and to go through XML/XSLT is not very efficient. Some people tend to forget that many users are not techies and would be discouraged to go through XML/XSLT just to get what the default settings of mhonarc do now. I prefer to not mandate a particular markup system. For the greatest flexibility, the special delimiters should be customizable. Or better, have a complete template for each page type vs the separate layout resources. However, caution is required to move to such a system without breaking existing archives. I have considered the later on occassion, but have yet to put the time in to consider how it can be done and preserver compatibility. Compatibility can be a b*tch. --ewh
