Re: GRAND MASTER PLAN
Charles Goodwin <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.office.general |
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| Organization | XWT Foundation |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 15:47, Josh Sled wrote: > There's a big difference between HTML and XML. I'd argue the majority > of the [gnucash reporting] pain is due to generating HTML in lieu of a > more appropriate [maybe XML-based] format. Yay! The voice of sanity. To go from an aribitrary data-aware (ie. not layout-aware) XML format to any other format is easy with the smart application of XSL or any number of alternative approaches (eg libgda). [Un]hooking information into [and out of] HTML is a nightmare. You'd do well to be rid of it. The best trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that HTML is appropriate for anything other than simple documents. -- - Charlie Charles Goodwin <[email protected]> Online @ http://www.charlietech.com