Lots of duplicate code in docbook

[Lorenzo Bertini]

Il 21/03/22 11:49, Daniel ha scritto:
> On 2022-03-21 10:55, Lorenzo Bertini wrote:
>> There is some degree of duplication between Docbook and LyXHTML code. 
>> I think its because the latter is much older and Thibaut had to write 
>> its own to produce Docbook. This has been brought up also when 
>> addressing MathML production. I agree LyX needs more standard XML 
>> generating functions.
>>
>> Its part of a larger theme about XML production, and there was a talk 
>> sometime ago about using a library for this.
> 
> I might be misunderstanding your comment. But actually, I wanted to 
> point not to the way XML is generated but more to the actual content, 
> for example, the specific attributes of an element which seem to be 
> duplicated. But maybe that problem is somehow dependent on the general 
> generation of XML?
> 
> Daniel

Sorry, I meant that code duplication is probably due to the different 
maintainers for the two formats and the fact that one is much older and 
has been untouched for a long (LyXHTML). I remember Thibaut saying he 
branched from LyXHTML knowingly, even if it would have meant rewriting 
some stuff. Looking at your examples, this might be the case.

I think a common interface to write XML elements like tables, tags, etc, 
would help reduce this, but it will be a lot of effort. I'll wait for 
Thibaut and Richard to chime in on this.

Lorenzo