don said:
BTW, if that's z-m-l, then you could have it integrated into wordpress as a fully functional input format, with html one-button preview and everything, with a couple hours' work.
to address the point you make, my "aspirations" are far greater than being an input format for wordpress. (i put "aspirations" in quotes because i just _tinker_... so i don't care if any of my work goes anywhere or not. those people who tell you that i want to "rule the world" are simply crazy. i don't. no time. and i'm far too lazy. but to the extent that i recognize the scope of my work, it is far more valuable than being a mere "input format".) but i appreciate the good intent of your suggestion, i do.
If that's the extent of what's required for this project, that much could be functional in half an hour.
again recognizing that you're coming from a positive place, i respond that this is enough for a simple book, and there's thousands and thousands of them in the p.g. library, but no, what i'm doing requires more than what this book demanded. your important point is that this is elementary to implement. yes, it is, don, i agree. and i have been saying that for years. but even though it would be simple to be an input format for wordpress, and not take much time, i'm not interested in that. i have bigger fish to fry. and yes, it would probably be "a good investment", and would "spread the word" about .zml, and all of those good things, but like i said, i don't really have a lot of ambition to take it viral... *** but, to me, don, _this_ was the perplexing part of your post:
BTW, if that's z-m-l, then
why did you put it like that, don? i mean, my response is "yes, that is .zml...", but it strikes me as extremely curious that you did not seem to _know_ that that is what .zml is... how is it that you felt a need to _specify_ that was z.m.l.? after all these years, all these posts and all the kerflooey, how is it possible that you don't know what .zml looks like? and how it morphs while traversing a publishing workflow? haven't you ever looked at any of the demos i've mounted? i'm confused, don. please explain. at any rate, if you want a much better idea of what .zml is, you should look at the test-suite that i mounted last month. *** don said:
Rather than inline style, you could also have just changed it to:
except that i went over to inline styles as part of the experiment, which was to ditch the stylesheet completely. i might or might not retain that approach, but that decision doesn't exert much impact.
and you would have exactly the same appearance, with greater granularity of control over all the chapter headings.
my converter program has all the granularity of control it needs.
And if you change the css for whatever reason, you run no risk of unintentionally messing up all the other stuff someone has called "<h2>".
except that my conversion-routine assigns all the tags itself, and for the sole purpose (as far as this .html is concerned) of being an intermediate format on the way to becoming a .mobi. i am showing y'all this .html solely so you can evaluate it, and tweak it if you think tweaking would improve it, but this won't ever be .html that i expect any users to be dealing with, at all, let alone "messing up" with their unwise application of tags... i might make it available to them, but they won't modify it, not under anything but the most unusual of circumstances. nor will any of 'em probably want to. nor will i want them to. if something needs to be changed, we'll change the converter, not any output. the output is merely a symptom of a problem. also, this is _not_ the .html which i will offer for use on a p.c. (it's far too primitive to use in a high-capability environment, where people will rightfully expect a little bit more eye-candy.) nor is this the .html i will use when i convert to .epub output. (especially as .epub3 is still vapor, and .epub2 requires xhtml.) or -- to say it another way -- i don't "chain" my conversions... i create all of them independently. i believe that works better. anyway, don, i hope i've addressed all of your points... -bowerbird