From: Mark Hubbart <discordantus@...>
Date: 2005-04-15T15:33:03+09:00
Subject: Re: RedCloth, BlueCloth...

On 4/14/05, David Mitchell <monch1962@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:31:59 +0900, Hal Fulton wrote:
> 
> > ..OldCloth, NewCloth? (Sorry, I went to a Dr. Seuss exhibit
> > here in town.)
> >
> > I want to know what's the best way to manage a file that has
> > both text and HTML versions. (Yes, I'm talking about the
> > comp.lang.ruby FAQ, which should autopost tomorrow.)
> 
> I realise this is the Ruby newsgroup and it's the Ruby FAQ you're talking
> about, but you could maintain a single XML-based version and use XSLT to
> extract both text and HTML (and just about any other format you care to
> mention) using tools that are on every modern Windows PC or Linux system.

ow ow ow. Maybe it's just me, but maintaining a large document like
the FAQ in xml seems masochistic, when there are nice human readable
formats like markdown or textile around.

> Downside - no Ruby required...

Actually, I suspect the tools for markdown and textile are more widely
available than you think. I know that if I was handed an xml/xslt
combo doc, and a markdown doc, I'd have a much better idea of what to
do with the markdown one. And I could do it in Ruby, Perl, Python,
PHP, or even paste it into a web form, to get the html out.

cheers,
Mark