On 6 Oct 2001, Daniel Egger wrote: > Am Die, 2001-10-02 um 19.14 schrieb 1002042874: > > > there is probably no need for XML as there are no attributes etc. > > If you use XML for texts like tips or dialogparts then attributes > are being used for specifying the language the text is in. We can also use XML for its original purpose -- a markup language. Even just adding an emphasis tag can allow tip writers to be <em>much</em> more expressive. But I was thinking of adding the ability to have small graphics in the tip of the day. Am I the only one that finds it odd that GIMP is an <em>image manipulation</em> program, yet the tips are all in text? Even the database visualization app I worked on over the summer could embed small graphics in the tip of the day, although in that app it was used mostly to display which button does which thing. I think that small graphics could be used to great effects -- to make your graphic look like <graphic>, use the bumpmap plugin. OK, it would take a little more text than that to make it work well, but you get the idea. Rockwalrus
