Re: XyWrites 4 and 5 (was: RE: Dataviz and xyW)

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks:
 Thats basically whit I do now. The only problem
occurs when I'm working in "PRE" mode. It is
extremely difficult to code as it is to look in
the browser when the tags are present. I have
found the only way, I currently have found, is to
have a non-taged version and a taged version. I
edit the non-tagged version until it is correct.
The using XPL macros, I enter the tags and, if
I've done it right, the view remains unchanged.
 BTW, I have a significant number of XPL macros
that I use and I am currently developing another
(this one will be used after a link (to a
destination in WITHIN another file) in one file to
bring the destination file into another XWRite
windo, get the destination location and insert the
A NAME tage). Currently the more complex XPL
macros deal with converting from the response to a
form into my worksheet, ready for the web site.
 Since my macros are highly stylized to my web
site design, I have hesitated to offer them out
especially the ones that deal with my unique
forms. However, I will gladly offer them if
anyone wants them
Dick Giering

Dorothy Day wrote:
>
> On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Richard Giering wrote:
>
> > "Frank Kenneth B." wrote:
> >
> > > Just switch back and
> > > forth between a reasonably complex HTML file in one window, and a copy of
> > > that same file in another window where you have done a search and replace
> > > or remove all the tags, and see what it looks like.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Ken:
> >  Thats exactly what I'm currently doing!!! I have XYWIN (4.11) in one
> > win95 window and a local version of the Netscape Browser in another
> > window and I switch back and forth AFTER SAVING and then RELOADing.
> > By seeing it in the same place would be orders of magnitude less
> > effort-consuming, but it still works. The conversion would be a first
> > step and would tell if further investment is merited.
> >  OH WELL!
>
> Actually, you probably don't want full rendering and editing in the same
> package. I've used several dynamic HTML editors, and they do *not*
> rock. I always turn off the rendering view and just use the editor,
> save, and switch windows to a separate browser and reload the view. Much
> faster way to work in Windows, and hardly any different from having the
> "browser" view in the same application, except the latter does not bog
> down the editing process.
>
> However, some Xy treatment of basic presentation tagging as equivalent
> to Xy MD deltas would make the file much easier to work with, and
> probably would not seriously affect editing speed.
>
>     Dorothy
>
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