On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 12:38, Mark Johnson wrote: > Regarding the indenting issue: I've heard this is a problem for > translation, but one should be still be able to produce reasonable > diffs w/ some work around. Or someone could test the GPL tool > 'xmldiff'[1], to see if it cares about indentation. > [1] http://www.logilab.org/projects/xmldiff/ Sounds like a fine approach to me. Here is where we stand: * Until we learn otherwise, we need to practice a given set of rules (outlined in the Doc Guide) to keep editing and translating feasible. These rules include whitespace (and indenting) practices. * Those who are interested should a) research XML diff tools, and b) bring this up with the translation team (fedora-i18n-list) to find out what they want to and are able to do. I just joined that list, and am prepared to discuss toolchains. So, while I'm all for Local Variables and letting people indent and use whitespace as they wish, until we *know* that our documents can be internationalized with available tools, we must stick with what works, regardless of our personal preferences. - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE, Tech Writer a lemon is just a melon in disguise http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41
