atw: Re: Framemaker - A Few Random Observations

Peter G Martin wrote: 
James Hunt:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:58:57 +1000,  you wrote:

Arbortext even produces better-looking printed output than FM.
The output from FM is outstandingly ugly.


What could this possibly mean ?

At the risk of setting off a silly advocacy war, I'd suggest this is nonsense. The source of ugliness is not FrameMaker, but the user.
This applies equally to Arbortext. Both offer a clean slate
and it's your problem if you mess it up.


Actually, from what I understand from our tools
people, that's not entirely true. FrameMaker does
not produce "pure" SGML - it has to go through a
filter that imposes certain constraints, such as
the use of tables for elements that aren't really
tables (like blocks of code) and cross-references
to titles rather than their containing elements.
While this shouldn't seriously affect the printed
output, getting to that point is certainly more of
an effort than with the straightforward SGML text
from Arbortext's editor.

-- Janice
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