RE: [xml-dev] Re: XML and a text editor, barefoot in the winter, uphill both ways [...]

[<Ari.Nordstrom@sorman.com>]

Simon St. Laurent wrote...
> We do accept a subset of DocBook, but it also depends on the author's
> preference (of course), the editor's preference (some folks 
> aren't fond
> of XML), and the series (Missing Manuals and Hacks so far are Word
> only.)

Just out of curiosity: Does O'Reilly (still?) accept TeX as input format? And what about LaTeX? I tend to use Linux as much as I can but there's (IMHO) no good XML editor available for it, so I use LyX for most of my (Linux-based) writing.

And while we're discussing the topic, does anyone know if there's a decent XML editor available for Linux (and I don't mean emacs)?


> I suspect that if there were a WYSIWYG DocBook editor with revision
> marks, my co-workers would be happier about XML.  From my perspective,
> Topologi's Markup Editor is quite beautifully sufficient.  (It was a
> tremendous help during the editing of our upcoming RELAX NG book.)

Your upcoming RELAX NG book? When?


> I'd guess that slightly under half the books I've edited were 
> submitted
> in XML.  Sadly, all of the books I've written are in Word.

This _is_ sad. I'd rather go with FrameMaker than touch Word. It gives me the creeps.

Best,

/Ari Nordström