--- Andrew Sly <sly@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
Dear fellow PG volunteers,
I know that discussing issues of markup in PG files is a pointless argument that rarely goes anywhere. Still, I must ask if is it generally acceptable to most PG volunteers to have HTML files in the collection with massive amounts of redundant white space in them?
By this point in time, there are megabytes of storage space in the PG archive which consist of only spaces because of much indentation in html files.
Just as much space is wasted by the pointless way we insert newlines into text editions to keep line lengths down to 80 characters. Much more space is wasted by the odd decision to include in PG poor-quality computerized 'readings' of PG material. The easiest way to drastically reduce the amount of wasted space used by PG is to get rid of the multiple editions, transition to one decently marked up XML master format, and convert to required output formats on the fly. This has approximately zero chance of happening any time soon. -- Jon Ingram _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com