On 2016-04-19 14:54, Random832 wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, at 13:43, Tim Chase wrote: > > Well, let's take a look at their native file formats: > > Inkscape: SVG > > Libreoffice: compressed XML > > Firefox: HTML+CSS+JS > > Musescore: compressed text > > Dia: compressed XML > > None of those are "text" in the sense being discussed here, which is > "preferred method of viewing and editing is a text editor".
Well, my preferred method of "viewing" python code is /usr/bin/python Authoring, editing, and consuming are all distinct actions. Yes, a lot of tools can use libpcap to interface with wireshark dumps, but if your tool doesn't talk pcap, you can dump to plain-text (as Dennis mentions doing...well, XML) which is the lingua franca of tool development. > You could, for example, design a programming language that uses XML > markup [shudders at remembering using a DSL "programming language" that was XML] -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list