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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: Re: Application Ideas (was Re: Should kpaint stay in KDE 2.2/ Future of Killustrator?)
From:       Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer () gmx ! at>
Date:       2001-08-02 9:01:30
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On Thursday,  2. August 2001 10:25 (GMT +0200), Info wrote:

> 1.
> XML is good, of course, but it is designed for Internet and
> other electronic publishing aims. But Ventura (and projected
> KVentura) is the package for traditional paper publishing. Its
> a greate difference. There are many very-very thin moments
> when texts preparing to professional publisher's quality
> printing. XML designed not for this aims. You don't use
> screenshots as basis for printing pages, isn't it?
>
> I think - it will be a mistake if KVentura will base on XML.
> There must be a feature of XML export/import, of course - but
> the basis must be TeX. Otherwise it will not professional
> package.


I think you missed the point. XML just describes structure of the content. It 
wasn't "designed for the Internet".
How something is layouted is totally beyond the interest of XML.

[snipped rest]

Bye,
Kevin

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Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
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