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Re: Rules on my PalmOS handheld
- To: piecepack@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: Rules on my PalmOS handheld
- From: "Iain Cheyne" <news@...>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:06:22 -0000
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--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "boardgamesbook" <dhohls@c...>
wrote:
> As for the issue of creating XML; at work I have had to teach non-
> technical people with minimal computing skills (and, no, I don't
> include using Word as a "skill") how to create XML for websites...
I
> would far rather have had do that than to have shown them HTML, for
> example! The available tools for creating XML are many and varied -
> right from a simple text editor (notepad, vi, whatever) to full-
blown
> commercial packages... and increasing every month - enough to cater
> for almost anyone's taste. A number of the more substantial
> offerings include direct support for DocBook (which is why I
> suggested it), and this is fast becoming almost the 'de facto'
> standard for document-orientated XML.
If there are easy to use free editors, this might be possible. A
conversion program, rather like Acrobat's PDFWriter, would be even
better.
> As I said in the previous email, I am happy to offer some time and
> effort to get this process going, as I believe it will "add value"
to
> the piecepack system - please excuse the "biz speak"!
OK. I have an open mind. I'm interested to see what you come up with.
--
Iain