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Re: Too many tools, was Things that used to be clear

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Sat, 13 July 2019 14:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: Too many tools, was Things that used to be clear
To: Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com>, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
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On 13.07.2019 16:45, Joe Touch wrote:
> ...
> Yeah - something where the headings in Word turn into XML headings, etc. It looks like Phillip’s system might achieve the output conversion I’m looking for, but we may benefit from a .dotx template that shows better how to use it...
>
> FWIW, I haven’t edited source code for documents since 1987 (Scribe, when at the SEI), and I don’t really understand why anyone does.
> ...

Because treating technical documents just like source code (ASCII,
source control, reviewing diffs) feels very natural to me as a programmer.

Best regards, Julian

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