Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6579FA19B for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:46:02 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85026-08 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:45:58 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from exchange.g2switchworks.com (mail.g2switchworks.com [63.87.162.25]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB4559F9EED for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:46:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from 10.10.1.37 ([10.10.1.37]) by exchange.g2switchworks.com ([10.10.1.2]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 8 Dec 2006 21:45:57 +0000 Received: from state.g2switchworks.com by mail.g2switchworks.com; 08 Dec 2006 15:45:57 -0600 Subject: Re: Switching to XML From: Scott Marlowe To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Peter Eisentraut , Josh Berkus , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, David Blewett In-Reply-To: <1165613160.24745.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4579720E.4000707@dawninglight.net> <200612082115.53566.peter_e@gmx.net> <1165609294.24745.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200612082158.06649.peter_e@gmx.net> <1165613160.24745.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1165614356.3243.77.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:45:57 -0600 X-Archive-Number: 200612/43 X-Sequence-Number: 3966 On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 15:26, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 21:58 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > You can create, edit, convert, save, and open docbook xml in > > > OpenOfice.org. > > > > Sure, there are more editing options with DocBook XML. No one disputes > > that. But the question at hand was about processing the DocBook. > > Yes which is generated from our use of SGML which is the core of this > problem and the core of the question as a whole. > > SGML is making working with the documentation *harder*. > > We have people that *DO NOT* contribute because of this SGML > requirement. They have what I consider extremely valid reasons, namely > it is dumb to require a writer to use emacs or write tags explictly. I'm one. I had the vacuuming stuff about written, but couldn't figure out the tool set this summer, and didn't have the time. Does OO make it pretty much painless to work with? I couldn't find any tools that I felt comfortable using for SGML / Docbooks.