Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-22 Thread Tim Van Holder
On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 08:59, Peter Simons wrote: > Alexandre Duret-Lutz writes: > > Peter> Furthermore, I wrote a formatting engine that will parse the SGML file > Peter> to (a) extract the macro as raw m4 file > > > I whish you could do the converse: keep the raw m4 file as the > > source a

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-22 Thread Peter Simons
Bruce Korb writes: > The main issue I see with autoconf macros is that they appear > jumbled, which intimidates, and there are nasty little twists that > catch the unwary. [...] Adding to that with SGML/DTD overhead adds > just that much more clutter. Keep It Simple! I hope you don't misunde

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-21 Thread Peter Simons
Alexandre Duret-Lutz writes: Peter> Furthermore, I wrote a formatting engine that will parse the SGML file Peter> to (a) extract the macro as raw m4 file > I whish you could do the converse: keep the raw m4 file as the > source and extract whatever you want from this. Good point. I see two

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-21 Thread Guido Draheim
Es schrieb Dan Kegel: > > Guido Draheim wrote: > > > > overkill. > > Agreed. I'm tempted to say: > Death to XML, long live *plain* text! > it's not quite xml that's bugging me - it's that the intelligence needed to form a good html view is put on the creator of the macro. Simon(s) says, that

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-21 Thread Dan Kegel
Guido Draheim wrote: > > overkill. Agreed. I'm tempted to say: Death to XML, long live *plain* text! - Dan

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-21 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "Peter" == Peter Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Peter> Furthermore, I wrote a formatting engine that will parse the SGML file Peter> to (a) extract the macro as raw m4 file I whish you could do the converse: keep the raw m4 file as the source and extract whatever you want from

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-20 Thread Bruce Korb
Peter Simons wrote: > > Dear autoconf users, > > for a while, I have been unsatisfied with the way the autoconf archive > works internally, The main issue I see with autoconf macros is that they appear jumbled, which intimidates, and there are nasty lit

Re: macro archive re-launch

2002-01-20 Thread Guido Draheim
overkill.

macro archive re-launch

2002-01-20 Thread Peter Simons
Dear autoconf users, for a while, I have been unsatisfied with the way the autoconf archive works internally, because the macro mark-up I used is somewhat cumbersome and doesn't really produce the kind of high-quality output you'd expect from a site deali