[DOC-SIG] Documentation formats

Jim Fulton jim.fulton@digicool.com
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:02:32 -0500


Paul Prescod wrote:
>
> Still, in the interest in truth in advertising, I should mention that in
> my opinion, the idea that you will one day just create documents in a WYSIWYG
> editor without worrying about the structure is a fantasy. Computers cannot
> infer structure. The user interface must reflect the structure that you
> want in your SGML files. If you want elements like "class", "method",
> and "hyperlink", then you must be aware of their availability.

Both Frame and Word let you create documents based on structural
elements.
So you can define and preserve structure while working in a WYSIWYG
environment.

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