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

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Wed, 10 July 2019 06:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: On XML and $EDITORs (Re: Things that used to be clear (was ...)) "Living Documents") side meeting at IETF105.)
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
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Given that the RFC input format is XML, any editor that doesn’t operate on that XML is always going to put you at a disadvantage.  It would be nice if there were a standard format we could use, but I don’t know of one that would work.  Using markdown, or Latex, or whatever, just adds one more layer of translation you have to deal with later.   I occasionally try to use markdown, but keep reverting back to XML because it’s just one less step.

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