This is the argument that I agreed with you with months ago.   I think that plain text should always be the master as it is easier to format for new devices with interopt with old.    Of course now saying this and siding with you on it I’m going to get flamed to death with the old XML debate.   But like before that’s my .02.

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From: gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org [mailto:gutvol-d-bounces@lists.pglaf.org] On Behalf Of Bowerbird@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:50 PM
To: gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org; Bowerbird@aol.com
Subject: [gutvol-d] the secret garden demo

i have put up my newest demo, "the secret garden":
>   http://www.greatamericannovel.com/sgfhb/sgfhbc001.html

these demos are aimed at "continuous proofreading",
but with this latest example i've also begun doing the
_formatting_ expected for the purpose of pure reading.

for example, the chapter-headers are now _displayed_
as headers (i.e., big and bold), and they are hotlinked
back to the "hot table of contents" for easy navigation.

in addition, the "table of contents" pages are hotlinked
to the items listed.  (these hotlinks are in addition to
the ones on the specialized "table of contents" pages
which are auto-generated and were always hotlinked.)

i've also changed from internet-style block-paragraphs
(with a blank line between paragraphs) to book-style
indented paragraphs (with no blank line between 'em)...

with this formatting, the auto-generated .html display
is starting to look _highly_similar_ to the original pages...

page-numbers are also colorized, to make 'em stand out.

i've also included "chapter-jump" links, so the reader can
jump from any chapter to the one before or the one after.

finally, i included links on each page that allow the reader
to conveniently switch from the 1-page display to 2-up...

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for years now, many people here wanted to refuse to accept
my position that a plain-text format could serve as "master",
so they "challenged" me to "prove it" with some "examples"...

now that i am doing so, they have grown strangely silent.

just as i knew they would.

at any rate, i welcome any constructive criticism of my work.

-bowerbird