Re[2]: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Switcher?
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Christopher G D Tipper wrote: > This is probably taboo, but surely the smart thing to do > is start from Word, generate some XML with macros, and > produce some HTML with stylesheets, some PDF with ConTeXt. > BTW you can generate some simple Context with VB macros and > hand-edit -- saves a whole load of mundane stuff. I can go > from a web page to PDF in under 15 minutes using the Word > macros I have for Context. Not that I see the purpose of using Word in the frist place. Any decent editor has enough macro power to do the same. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re[2]: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Switcher?
At 23:06 08/12/2003, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: Monday, December 8, 2003 Bob Kerstetter wrote: > I know XML source should work, but at least for me, creating XML source > is unproductive. I work with a text editor and find writing this: > ``Hello world,'' says HAL. > much more productive than writing this: > “Hello world”, says HAL. both are wrong in the perspective of xml (structured document coding): Hello World, says HAL is the way to go Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re[2]: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Switcher?
Monday, December 8, 2003 Bob Kerstetter wrote: > I know XML source should work, but at least for me, creating XML source > is unproductive. I work with a text editor and find writing this: > ``Hello world,'' says HAL. > much more productive than writing this: > “Hello world”, says HAL. > Maybe I'm missing something, but for writing, XML's markup requirements > -- which are invisible to field-based data entry screen -- are way too > intense for hand-editing. TeX source is much less verbose. It is easier > to create, proof (both visually and audibly), spell check > troubleshoot, etc. I have not seen an editor capable of doing XML > source in a productive manner, like (La)TeX with text editor. I agree with you. Productive editing of XML document requires specialized editors, and I still haven't found an (open source) one that was up to the task. Vex is quite promising, in this regard. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
