Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2069F9FDA for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:20:39 -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 88836-01 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:20:35 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-130.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8709F9357 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:20:38 -0400 (AST) Received: from alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-100-202.bk7-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.100.202]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBACKaqW032378; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:20:37 -0800 Received: by alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E81CC2D33D; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:20:34 -0300 (CLST) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:20:34 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Mario , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Switching to XML Message-ID: <20061210122034.GD12108@alvh.no-ip.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Joshua D. Drake" , Mario , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org 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> <2065a6cf0612081749j5a4aebb9n25ceb8c35b4b307e@mail.gmail.com> <1165728487.13210.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1165728487.13210.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.5, clamav-milter version 0.88.5 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:20:37 -0800 (PST) X-Archive-Number: 200612/77 X-Sequence-Number: 4000 Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 22:49 -0300, Mario wrote: > > And now in Chile, I wrote an app to translate postgres documentation > > (l10n.postgresql.cl). I took SGML sources, transform to XML and to POT > > files > > > > The results are good! but is it not the best. To move from SGML to > > XML is a hard work. > > I believe this point is being overlooked is people's willingness to code > a solution ;). > > Mario could you please tell us *why* you ported the SGML to XML > before doing your translation and processing? Perhaps that will carry > more weight to this discussion then my hand waving. The reason is that he uses xml2pot, which AFAIK only handles XML and not SGML. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support