On 2/26/2011 1:13 PM, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
Hi John,
Am 26.02.2011 um 00:22 schrieb John Redmond:
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I think that you are agreeing with me. And note that one option is to back-convert to prettified text, or even zml. And the XML can be used to generate other content, like a TOC and endnotes.
I do not see the point in using a master format and then converting to to a another format that is not one of a intended reader device!
I agree, but in this case the proposed conversion /is/ for an intended reader device. BowerBird has promised us reader software (technically called a 'User Agent') which will use z.m.l. as a native format Real Soon Now, and prettified text is the native format for those using the DEC VT-100 "smart terminal." I think that everyone who is in favor of a master format would agree that transformations to Yet Another Master Format is wasted effort -- which is perhaps one of the reasons that there is so much acrimonious debate over what that master format should be.