From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-02-24T00:47:18+09:00
Subject: Re: STEP Structured Text Entry Processor


"MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:3e58e2cb$0$126$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk...

> {chapter The first chapter}
> Here is text. Then next sentence is bolded. {b This is bolded text}. This
is
> not bold.
> {chapter The next chapter}
> Here is text in chapter two.
> {section a subsection} Text in section. {note needs cleanup}
> {chapter Also a chapter}


I forgot one important point:
STEP is defined such that there is a strict conversion to XML from STEP. In
fact my prototype generates XML output. There are several ways to do the
translation, but one is easily defined. For example:

<document>
<chapter>
<header>The first chapter</header>
<body>Here is text. Then next sentence is bolded. <b>This is bolded
text</b>. This is not bold.
</chapter>
<chapter>
<header>The next chapter</header>
<body>
There is text in chapter two.
<section><header>a subsection</header>
<body>Text in section
<note>needs cleanup</note>
</section>
</body>
</body>
</chapter
<chapter>
<header>
Also a chapter
</header>
<body />
</chapter>
</document>

Mikkel