From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fed2e7871ca258cd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-15 20:32:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!jfk3-feed1.news.digex.net!dca6-feed2.news.digex.net!intermedia!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C1C23D4.59ED1E0D@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List Container Strawman 1.4 References: <9vbc89$eb6li$2@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9ve8jn$esilp$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3C1D17F5.C980E0E9@otelco.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 04:32:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1008477171 66.75.151.160 (Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:32:51 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 20:32:51 PST Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17960 Date: 2001-12-16T04:32:51+00:00 List-Id: Ted Dennison wrote: > Anyway, that's just one of my pet issues. I don't think its appropriate to use > proprietary file formats for documents meant for public issue. Its fine if you > are just going to use it internally somewhere where you can be sure everyone is > using the right version of the right software. But that's another issue for > another time. I don't want to discourage a volunteer from doing work just to > feed my biases. Actually, I find it easiest to do the initial documentation using an actual word processor, then cut-and-paste into a more primitive format. I suggest the RFC2196 XML format, with processors available at xml.resource.org (or maybe beepcore.org) for translation to plain text, html, nroff, etc. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. You will soon read a generic fortune cookie.