Re: On XML and $EDITORs (Re: Things that used to be clear (was ...)) "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Thu, 11 July 2019 16:27 UTC

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i wish we had a mailing list for discussing xml2rfc arcana. :)

fwiw, i am trying a few other tools.  the problem is that a bespoke
toolchain, which is well maintained by competent engineers who are also
users, is gonna do the job better than a repurposed general purpose
tool.

when the xml haters' replacement tools actually get significant
mindshare, maybe they can move to the high road.  though attack
marketing seems to be popular these years, at least in the states.

the apocrypha is that sendmail.cf was not meant for human consumption or
editing.  it was to be a compiler intermediate.

randy, who klutzes through xml2rfc with emacs 26