From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mac Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Off-topic: Plain text, XML or LaTex? Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:24:51 GMT Organization: Telia Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <81y8zqld4q.fsf@kwikemart.springfield.se> References: <81u1ahq8ur.fsf@kwikemart.springfield.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056533174 31757 80.91.224.249 (25 Jun 2003 09:26:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:26:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 11:26:08 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19V6XO-0008El-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:25:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19V6X0-0006gJ-GJ for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 05:25:34 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-pas-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!uio.no!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!newsfeed101.telia.com!nf02.dk.telia.net!news-stob.telia.net!telia.net!217.209.241.173.MISMATCH!masternews.telia.net.!newsb.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wy5dXo8P/6kxvvi7CoizT4pM1LQ= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.208.106.64 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com Original-X-Trace: newsb.telia.net 1056533091 217.208.106.64 (Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:24:51 CEST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:24:51 CEST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114715 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11205 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11205 After reading your posts, I think I'll start by trying out the "XML/docbook in XAE" solution. I like the fact that XML is machine-processable, and the theory that it can be converted to other formats (HTML, PDF, hmm, should it not be able to generate "reader friendly" plain-text as well?;-), not forgetting the "sales factor" it has. I'll just have to sacrify the typhographic defects for now. I'll also take a note of the issue regarding different versions of XML/docbook. Thank you all for your comments and links, I really appreciated everything. /mac Summary of your links: XML Authoring Environment for Emacs (http://xae.sunsite.dk) XML, a new start for the Web (http://tex.loria.fr/xml-etc/goossens-xml2000.pdf) PassiveTeX: from XML to PDF (http://home.cern.ch/goossens/goossensrahtz.ps.gz)