the secret garden demo
i have put up my newest demo, "the secret garden":
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... *** 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
Bowerbird wrote:
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.
I doubt many people are even reading your messages, let alone visiting your demos. And if they look at your examples, they are probably yawning. It's not worth their time to even write a reply. So your explanation of the "silence" is probably a little off the mark. Jon
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. A Twi a day keeps the wookiee away. www.creeva.com _____ 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":
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... *** 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
On 3/20/06, Brent Gueth <creeva@gmail.com> wrote:
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.
As you say in an rich-text email. All a "plain text" markup format makes easy is a half-assed conversion. If you want to actually convert it, you've got to break it down properly, and a standard XML reader makes that as easy, if not easier, then a custom-designed program to read an arbitrary "plain text" format.
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