Re: Style/content separation (was: color text?)

Dave Raggett (dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 4 May 95 14:52:27 EDT

> I'm not surprised that some folks are arguing for embedding style
> information with content/structure; it's an obvious solution for anyone
> who hasn't previously done significant development of document
> processing. Unfortunately, it's also a short-sighted and limited solution
> that will cause no end of grief. If you don't believe me, then just
> trace the history of the WordPerfect document architecture and the
> struggles they've had extending it.

Thanks Bruce for expressing this so clearly!

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