Re: [libreoffice-users] Using LO Writer to edit HTML

On 11/15/2014 9:54 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 08:44 15/11/2014 -0500, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > What is needed is a simple system where a writer can write and edit 
> > his content once, then press something like "F1" for print (PDF) 
> > output and "F2" for screen (HTML) output and get excellent and 
> > intended results with both.
>
> And the way to achieve that, of course, is to move away from the 
> WYSIWYG presentation that software is so fond of and towards an 
> editing screen that shows instead the structure of the document.

Absolutely, Brian.

Unfortunately, there remain two different approaches to that concept.

For print output, nothing can beat LaTeX with a LyX frontend for easy 
text input.

For screen output, there's HTML/CSS with MarkDown as the editor frontend.

Each system approaches structure differently with LaTeX having such tags 
as \section{} and \textit{} and HTML having <h1>  and <emph> with or # 
or *emph* shorthand in MarkDown.

Now, if someone could devise a unified structure shorthand notation for 
both excellent print and screen output so that a writer could write 
without having to decide ahead of time where his work will end up, i.e., 
in print or on screen.

Virgil


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