Hi BB,
We been there and back again as Tolkien said.
I have look at RST and it is not as light as one may think.
LaTeX proper is yes a heavy and powerful system.
If you can remember my proposal was not to use LaTex to its full
potential for markup just use the a minimal subset.
RST is exactly that! I can do the same with LaTeX and keep the readabilty
on the same level.
Furthermore I had said use the syntax or tags. Simple and clear to use.
All that would be needed was a utility to parse the file and create the other formats.
This is the approach being taken NOW. After 10 or more years.
RST is extensiable so that they can add special needs. What has to be avoided is that they have
strict guidelines which everybody conforms to. TEI had went the over way and became to convoluted
to the extend that it is not that useful.
According to what Greg has said in another post they are going down the path which I have always
advocated. Which is a very good idea.
At least we can say they have learned their lesson. How well time will tell!
regards
Keith.
keith said:
> You first proposed using zml!
well, i suggested that z.m.l. was the best format to use,
because it was molded from the existing pg-text format.
and it would still be the best one to use, for that reason.
many p.g. text-files are _already_ z.m.l. files in disguise.
[snip, snip]
> I proposed using LaTeX or similar syntax!
latex is most definitely _not_ light-markup. sorry, keith.
-bowerbird
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