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How do you use Lout?
From: |
Henrik Martensson |
Subject: |
How do you use Lout? |
Date: |
Thu, 18 May 2000 11:11:54 +0200 |
Hi everyone,
I have been using Lout for some time now, and have grown a bit curious about
how everyone else uses Lout, and for what purposes.
Personally, I am mostly using Lout as a formatter for XML documents. I write
XML to Lout filters in Perl, using XML::DOM. The documents I format are
usually in one of two categories: technical manuals (in my job) or fanzine
articles (hobby).
I rarely write Lout code by hand, but I did find the diagram package
immensely useful recently, when working on a technical manual. It was
actually easier to code the most messy diagrams in Lout than to draw them in
a drawing program.
I have two main reasons for using Lout:
* It's easy to set up and get going with, at least when working with
ready made, or lightly customised setup files. This is important,
because I usually have my nose buried too deeply into various XML
recommendations and API documents to wish to take on the added
burden of learning low level formatting commands.
* It's free, which means I can release hobby projects in the public
domain and have some hope of other people finding the stuff useful.
Anyone else interested in discussing various uses of Lout?
/Henrik
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Henrik Martensson
GNOSIS-Gruppen
Technical Documentation Services
URL: http://www.gnosisgruppen.com/
- How do you use Lout?,
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