Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > >> 1) Continue to use XML as the source (because it is a standard for >> defining data and is easily parsed) _but_ to use, as much as possible, >> fewer and simpler tags. > > This is not the only standard for defining textual data, and some people > think > that XML is too verbose. Given that the PDF generation capability has been > lost, > what are the benefits over some wiki markup? IMHO, the LeafOS wiki syntax was > better suited for the task, because there was no chance to make an error > (there > is no such thing as "invalid Wiki markup", but there is "invalid XML").
The XML is used for generating the book in chunked and non-chunked versions, populating and verifying completeness of the patch directory, generating a wget list, generating pdf, and checking for the completeness of files on anduin. It is *much* more flexible than a wiki. A wiki is wysiayg -- What you see is all you get. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
