On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 04:24, D@7@k|N& wrote: > Sorry. Nature of the beast. I manage a multiplatform environment at my > work, so there are times when I need a similar multiplatform environment at > home. Just because of history, WinXP is my primary home environment. Until a few weeks ago, win2k was mine. I still manage to send plain text emails, use emacs on win2k with psgml. It can be done, honest:-) > > You can do this if XML is beyond your means. But frankly, if you're > comfortable writing HTML or using "styles" in your favorite word > processor, Docbook XML is really not any harder. You have to write the > tags, true, but there are tools to help. Read on for more.... > > > Don't have a problem with HTML, but I don't really use styles. I use > notepad (or vi) as much or more than Word (or Abiword). If you are happy with vi, then vim has an xml plugin/extension whatever, that users say is just as good as emacs for xml. > I am way more interested in authoring, than in editing. I'm not sure how > much I have to contribute, but am definitely willing to contribute what I > can. > > <snip> > > Asking questions is always the right way to start. > Like I said...it's Charlie (or dataking if the upper/lower ASCII is a pain), > and it's a different PGP key. ;) > > P.S. I'm CC'ing my linux address so I can see just how badly Outlook > mangles these emails. I've received too many *seemingly superficial* > complaints not to know. ;) Hi Charlie. I gave up on Outlook when it managed to screw up/lose my address book. I actually bought Eudora, just to get a plain text email address book. Good luck with the authoring. -- Regards DaveP. XSLT&Docbook FAQ http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl
