On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 10:23:46AM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:20:29AM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 09:16:23AM +0000, Alan Burlison wrote:
> > > I still think that with the correct
> > > DTD writing the specs in XML would be doable.
> >
> > DocBook strikes me as being made for this sort of thing.
>
> As someone who had the option of writing a book in DocBook or POD
> I can tell you that it simply would not have happened in DocBook.
> My co-author had used DocBook for a previous book and would rather
> have his hands cut off than use it again. Having looked at it myself
I have very similar opinions about DocBook. XML is not for human
production or consumption.
> I had to agree with him. Nice in theory. Good for an internal format
> perhaps. But to author docs in it? No way.
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