Re: first reaction

Dave Malcolm <[email protected]> 04 Dec 2003 02:13:05 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.editors.conglomerate.general
Message-ID <1070503985.7694.226.camel@shirehorse1>
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 16:25, Joerg F. Wittenberger wrote:
> Jeroen Baten <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I just downloaded 0.7.6 to give it a spin. This seems like it is
> > going to be a really fine piece of equipment. I was looking for a
> > better docbook editor than VIM and it seems like I found it. Can't
> > wait till you are at 0.8. Wish I had the time to help out.
> > 
> > But I see that Geert Stappers is on the team so I already know it's going to 
> > be something good :-)
> 
> May I add a question (I'm lurking here since forever waiting for a
> good XML editor to emerge) does conglomerate support saving via
> HTTP/PUT?  I just added some WebDAV support to Askemos[1] to make it
> work with openoffice, but I'm a bit disapponted with the damage
> openoffice does to my XML/CSS.

It ought to be able to load from HTTP, but probably can't save yet. 
There's a half-implemented attempt to use GnomeVFS; it will probably be
replaced soon with code using libgsf, which ought to do the trick.

> 
> thanks
> 
> /Jrg
> 
> BTW: I guess many of those who need a structured editor (like me)
> might have use for an undeniable document management system.  Visit
> www.askemos.org : an intrusion resistant and incorruptible operating
> system and with a very simple XML-API.
-- 
David Malcolm
www.conglomerate.org