Re: eHelp's "Mustang" FM ==> HTML conversion tool

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Firstly, MIF isn't that far off from being valid XML
> as it is right now. The
> only thing that would need to be changed is the way
> the opening and closing tags
> are represented and you're most of the way there.
> XML/SGML/HTML/MIF, nothing
> magical about any of them. They're all just
> tagged/marked-up text.

Well, you'd need to change the "each line is an
entity" mindset of MIF as well (at least MIF exported
from FM). But you're right, MIF is pretty close to
XML, but it's not quite there yet.

> Secondly "would only require" ROTFL!!! :) Lots of
> bother hidden in that little innocent phrase.

Not much bother. A week's worth for a newbie. A few
hours for someone who's done it a few times.

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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

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