Hello again Rebecca, rjp@xxxxxxxxxxxx (2001-10-05 at 2147.11 +0200): > > > XML is supposed to make information more portable into the future, > > right? > > > > GIMP is being used in classrooms lately, it would be nice if we have the > > option to print all gimp documentation in any form we should choose. > > > I'm not as familiar with XML conversion tools as I am with SGML, but I think they exist. > It is like the GIMP help. We write the help in Doc Book SGML. It can be converted to cool stuff including PDF. > Pippin has been writing our SGML to PDF converter. It can also be converted to > HTML. (Which is what gets done before it goes into the release right now anyway) > Okay, everything I know about XML I learned by osmosis (ie, i slept with XML in a Nutshell under my pillow), but XML seems to make sense and be a lot less rigid than SGML. Also, XML is mentioned in this document: http://developer.gimp.org/gimp-future > (Sorry if the line wrapping is messed up. Evo is misbehaving) > Try mutt! I love it. I will send you my config files if you like ... carol
