Re: [Tools-discuss] [rfc-i] Proposed survey on I-D authoring tools

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Wed, 30 September 2020 23:22 UTC

Return-Path: <mt@lowentropy.net>
X-Original-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6BB3A0D5C for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -2.098
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.098 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Authentication-Results: ietfa.amsl.com (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lowentropy.net header.b=MjfM/I5t; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=messagingengine.com header.b=PJxm+LRJ
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id HNirgW44IYXb for <tools-discuss@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:22:37 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 085C33A0D5A for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:22:36 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 485FC5C00D5 for <tools-discuss@ietf.org>; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:22:36 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from imap10 ([10.202.2.60]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:22:36 -0400
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lowentropy.net; h=mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:from:to :subject:content-type; s=fm3; bh=iMx4bthjFO/8EelNmdLkZi/ChSe/7N6 nBb2/Ahm+aMw=; b=MjfM/I5t+iM++LhsNo5uSy0K6mdQdpKWcaRfmQGZN84BRYa sTzN1UDi4O350L3kZYZFjm6iFn64ncXNX++NxLO20056AezWK+Xt4BDBC84NWw2M J2iI9U1Isf8y15IfTi7bUXEAqvcvtPePnID5QC7X/39GxV3x1XHIKjxWI2+zuQGE tw3F6COntgvpzTMryhsQS09s32T+tlpcZHuQ0/NcnfCjLZgN6YwpDwqyjn1TAigc 5QjUx9YwUFdoXDp0zNdkhnpjdg+qEge7+1Bhj14AtQlBDiiQOSyXSwODjOve3dbZ Q/9BgR1c72hxqcdpSzz6mK5KwVEqX5XbvbVArMg==
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=iMx4bt hjFO/8EelNmdLkZi/ChSe/7N6nBb2/Ahm+aMw=; b=PJxm+LRJfPwVXlSHCz1TK0 EeZSSSchOSv6+yRdUGVnGH99oGnUHhxjkUHE8ZsoZz8oNgPk8T0upqG8vU4bSEfp Hwv2gA+k9aFrD1Q2/82uiY4/RoKuwbAwox0q5rUI2Y77a3Re9cwqTmhHsBqA2vY2 LT5Pybxtcw702yRJ0Su+TQRSbNFkeDUuvXQ308y5UXnEpMwwes1gnRP1ee7NETzY uJbAkv9vzk0POK3NBHGqwtn3L5wvazfrEn9SqbUmbxM8OkXEmdIB+sP/iLC3KxSQ ahiR34FI12Rb+VvKrD+lgbDHFLXCuPu4i9UoeFm6N0AifmMfvChGcKxMTW+2eStA ==
X-ME-Sender: <xms:OxN1XwAETbgwUdl00yL_kSBI8WVcYTY0V20QaSh39NLZMwVpWsPh3A> <xme:OxN1XyjQWKJgis8enUea-FJLAUrjLB8w3zWjva1Bc_4fcoX3ueqyth_0Eg5LmM1pK 5LcRbTG5ub3Yh6NzfU>
X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrfeefgddvvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvf curfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfghnecu uegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesthdtre dtreertdenucfhrhhomhepfdforghrthhinhcuvfhhohhmshhonhdfuceomhhtsehlohif vghnthhrohhphidrnhgvtheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhephfeitddtveeihfejjefgve efuedugffgkeevkeehueeggeelveekveektdfhueeinecuffhomhgrihhnpehivghtfhdr ohhrghenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpe hmtheslhhofigvnhhtrhhophihrdhnvght
X-ME-Proxy: <xmx:PBN1XznpFHfsfp-L93uK2XVQ0cLrv30PjplOQgffdmtkb_vHXi1h7Q> <xmx:PBN1X2zv3zDNJMmUYFFxSVf9QRnoEY6ZmXdNZuCw2bee_PARgpPhgg> <xmx:PBN1X1S9R5wh0U59eYAv0ufu_Hoo3V3-g-92dtteq96eyG6vFbYzcw> <xmx:PBN1X8fuubeFTEC5g8v3LS7CX99DcF3WVicjhxMlHOeW9hqhNl7ULA>
Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id E7B7620067; Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:22:35 -0400 (EDT)
X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface
User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.3.0-382-ge235179-fm-20200928.002-ge2351794
Mime-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <78b66bbf-88b7-4060-ae89-6e7359bc78ef@www.fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2lfgqq2ww.wl-randy@psg.com>
References: <71CCD4C4-2CBA-4AD3-A254-2F19B261D882@ietf.org> <m2lfgqq2ww.wl-randy@psg.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:22:17 +1000
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
To: tools-discuss@ietf.org
Content-Type: text/plain
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/DOH7AXhhYeu0318ROuqSvc2-trA>
Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] [rfc-i] Proposed survey on I-D authoring tools
X-BeenThere: tools-discuss@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: IETF Tools Discussion <tools-discuss.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/tools-discuss/>
List-Post: <mailto:tools-discuss@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tools-discuss>, <mailto:tools-discuss-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:22:38 -0000

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, at 09:07, Randy Bush wrote:
> > [QUESTION - Multiple Choice]
> > Approximately, how many I-Ds have you authored in total (different I-Ds not versions of the same I-D)?
> > If you need a reminder then your Datatracker page will have the
> > details.
> 
> not obvious how for not-a-datatracker-geek.  give instructions, please

Reasonable request.  https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/Randy%20Bush (or https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/<your name here>)

> uh, where is xml using a classic ascii text editor, e.g. emacs, and xml2rfc?

Mea culpa.  I reviewed this and I should have noticed that.  I used to use nxml-mode all the time until I found easier options.  I think that the "XML with other" option might fit, but it isn't clear enough to capture what is still a pretty common flow.