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koyalgovid said:
> If a file defines only structural elements,
> the only elements that the viewer app
> has control over are those structural elements.
maybe viewer-apps in the way that _you_ conceive them
are such that they only follow directions given by the file.
but apps of the type that _i_ am building are not so dumb.
they will know a lot more than whatever the file tells them.
> Not all elements in an ebook are structural.
> Occassionally, there is a need for
> special formatting for isolated instances.
and here we are, once again, with the vague handwaving
about something that _might_ be needed _sometime_...
come up with something concrete in an actual p.g. e-text.
i've looked at those e-texts, lots and lots and lots of them,
and everything that i've seen in them, i know that i can do...
but, you know, i haven't exhaustively examined every one,
so if you can find something that my system cannot handle,
one way or another, i'll be quite happy to say "thank you"...
and then i'll go modify my system so it _can_ handle that...
but until you can do that, though, stop the vague handwave.
> zml + viewer will NOT handle this.
will not handle _what_? your imaginary boogieman? so what?
> Umm so you're stating a philosophy as a motivation
> for the use of lightweight markup and then
> refusing to discuss its merits?
look, i'm not asking you to _buy_ anything.
so there's no need to "discuss the merits"...
i just laid it out in case people were curious.
as i have said before, and will surely say again,
the proof is in the pudding. it's totally senseless
to debate _whether_ something will work or not.
build it, and if it works, it will be obvious to all...
and if you can't build it, or it doesn't work, then
_that_ will be equally obvious to all. talk is cheap.
working code is the standard i need for convincing.
and i'm writing that code myself, not asking you.
so don't waste my time "discussing the merits..."
> Again a better way to give authors this power is
> to create an authoring tool, not a file format.
i am creating _both_. and a whole lot more to boot.
i've pointed you and others to all kinds of my work.
if you have any criticism of _that_, i am all ears...
but i'm completely done with the vague handwaving.
-bowerbird
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