Subject: Re: Using AbiWord as WYISYG editor for SGML? (DocBook or LinuxDoc)
From: tompoe (tompoe@source.net)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 21:05:37 CDT
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Randy Kramer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've done a little experimentation trying to use AbiWord to edit SGML in
> a WYSISYG fashion. (For example, I've taken an sgml file, pasted on
> the AbiWord headers from a valid AbiWord file, added the </section> and
> <abiword> tags at the end of the document. Basically I get messages to
> the effect that it is a bogus file. I've also saved the files as html
> and as sgml, but if I then reopen them in Abiword, they are not WYISWYG,
> in other words, the sgml or html tags are displayed and formatting is
> not based on those tags.)
>
> Has anyone else tried this? Been more successful?
>
> Does anyone know of a real WYSIWYG editor for SGML? (or WYSIWYM as the
> LyX people might say)
>
> Aside: I've looked at the Oasis "XML Cover Pages"
> (http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/publicSW.html#xed) but I haven't found
> anything real useful. (XED is not WYSIWYG in the sense of the acronym
> that I've grown used to, and most of the links to Symposia seem to be
> dead (including the trial download link) (and, on the Oasis page,
> Symposia is described as an HTML WYSIWYG editor, not SGML.)
>
> I'm thinking about editing (commenting on -- and maybe writing) some
> HOWTOs for the LDP, but I'd like an easy way to read the formatted
> document and insert my comments.
>
> PS: I browsed through the abiword-user archives (looking for relevant
> subjects) but found very little of any use. (It did remind me of the
> save as html and save as sgml options.)
>
> Note: I've also sent this to the Linux Documentation Project mailing
> list -- the original had both addresses, but had the wrong address for
> abiword -- "-users" instead of "-user" so it bounced.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Kramer
Hi, Randy: A while back, I took a look at a project
called, IADS, and am guessing here at the address:
http://iads.redstone.army.mil
It's overkill, but certainly provides the "ultimate" SGML
experience. Once you have a handle on how they set things
up, it should be a nice platform to utilize ABIWORD for
your work. In fact, I think I'll add that to my To-Do
list. Best of luck to you and your 'five-year' plan.
Tom
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