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Re: [Tools-discuss] XML/TXT to kramdown

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Thu, 04 April 2024 21:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] XML/TXT to kramdown
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On 4. Apr 2024, at 19:12, Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Apr 4, 2024, at 19:46, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
>> I’m using each upconversion to fix bugs in the actual conversion tool, so it gets better each time.
> 
> will you ever open source this tool?

Predictions are hard, especially concerning the future.

> Because that would let others also help you make it better. Just sayin'.

Yes.  It would also create the illusion that you can freely oscillate between using XML and kramdown-rfc as your source form.  That will never work.  (Up-conversion is hard.)

Grüße, Carsten

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