On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 12:23:17PM -0800, RParr wrote: > Johannes Graumann wrote: > > Actually, I find it somewhat ironic. Most of the programming > development IDEs force you to use a less than vi-or-emacs level editing > environment and brag about their ability to enhance productivity through > visual aids for programming BUT then seem to lack any understanding as > to why a documentor or XML editor might want visual aids that enhance > productivity.
Most programming languages were designed to be coded by hand as plain ASCII text files, so a plain ASCII text editor, with very few add-ons, is perfectly adequate. XML was designed to be read and written by automata, not humans, and so you need all the tech support you can get. As a developer, I understand. As a developer, I also inderstand that XML is a crazily complicated specification, probably much more complicated than needed to do its job. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
