Zdenek Wagner wrote:
> If you want to describe the page layout in a structured way, the <page> > ... </page> markup might cause other mark up not well formed. Of course, > if the XML is for your own purpose, you can do anything. Even if it is > not suggested by XML experts, it may be helpful. And if you like to use > XML regularly, I would strongly suggest to learn one of the schema > languages (Relax NG or W3C Schema) and write the document using a > validating XML editor. You have to invest some time but then it saves > you a lot of work. The data are entered as Excel, imported from Excel into oXygen, validated against a custom schema auto-derived from the master sources and then exported from oXygen as well-formed XML. > Yes, I agree, I do the same. For instance, I do not use the geometry > package but I have my own zwpagelayout. And if you develop something, > you certainly learn a lot. It might be useful for you to see how SAX > processors work. It is not necessary to study a code of any of them, > just to see a brief description which SAX events are generated. It can > be a good inspiration for your work. Thank you, Zdeněk, I shall investigate as you recommend. ** Phil. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex