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Subject: Re: Ada Reference Manual 2012 in info format
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 17:42:32 +0200
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Date: 2012-05-10T17:42:32+02:00
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Le Thu, 10 May 2012 17:05:33 +0200, Manuel Collado  =

<m.collado@domain.invalid> a =C3=A9crit:

> LaTeX is excellent in creating the final publishing format. But it lac=
ks  =

> enough separation between contents and presentation. Other XML-based  =

> markup languages, like DocBook or DITA, seem much more appropriate

Even more DITA, and the authoring style which comes with it (and which i=
s  =

already there anyway in the actual RM authoring style). To my opinion, i=
f  =

DocBook is to be favored for something, that would be for learning  =

materials, where a document is to be read from start to end, as an  =

uninterrupted flow. The RM is more like a random=E2=80=91access access d=
ocument,  =

with many self=E2=80=91sufficient parts.

> IMHO, the most promising line of attack is to keep the current source =
 =

> markup, and provide a lossless XML export facility.

I vote for that one too. Would be too much a nightmare with too few adde=
d  =

value for Randy, to switch to another source format. If there is somethi=
ng  =

to do at the source level, that's just to avoid potential lack of semant=
ic  =

markup (I noticed some a long time ago, but forget where, sorry, will te=
ll  =

if I land to it again).


-- =

=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity