On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, at 11:07 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote:
On July 13, 2019 2:51:27 AM UTC, Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>>>> On Jul 12, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Scott Kitterman <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>wrote:>>>> On Friday, July 12, 2019 9:46:52 PM EDT John Levine wrote:>>> In article <20190710190507.GI3215@localhost> you write:>>>> Yeah, it does seem lik the XML hate is mostly just that, but that>our>>>> use of XML is not really a blocker. But these are feelings we're>>>> talking about -- all subjective.>>>>>> I think the practical difference is between a toolset that is unique>>> to the IETF and one that is more widely used.>>>>>> It is utterly unclear to me whether better bridge tools would help.>I>>> am pretty sure that with enough effort I could write a two-way>>> converter between xml2rfc and a Microsoft Word file with suitable>>> stylesheets and macros. (It'd be a lot harder than what Joe has>>> done.) So you could edit stuff in Word, and revise by importing>>> xml2rfc into Word and then exporting when you're done. But would>>> anyone use it?>>>> Certainly not those of us using operating systems for which Word is>not>> relevant.>>Which OSes are those? (LibreOffice works on Linux, MacOS, and Windows,>e.g.)That's true, but may or may not be relevant. There are plenty of ways to make such things that only work in Word.
It's also worth noting that Word has a history of contemporaneous versions for different OSes sometimes rendering documents differently.
Stan
