Re: Use of XML for config files

[Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) writes:

> Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message
> news:<uofe5sn31.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>... 
> > Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> writes:
> > > Various. (Actually, (require 'psgml) mode for Emacs (and then turning on
> > > xml-mode) is a good start, but of course this is an option for Emacs
> > > users only.)
> > 
> > Hmm. Ok. That makes XML more acceptable. Sigh :).
> 
> As much as I think everyone should be using Emacs, I don't think you
> can force this. The file ought to be perfectly editable by someone
> using their OS's "Notepad" equivalent.

Agreed. I said "more acceptable", not "acceptable" :). And he implied
there were other XML editors besides Emacs.

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