[xubuntu-users] move a file from its location via gui

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 02:35:13PM +0000, Peter Flynn wrote:
> > No half decent programming language
> > makes things so difficult for the programmer.
> 
> But XML isn't a programming language; it's a markup language. This is a
> common misunderstanding in the programming community. I've even had
> people ask me how they can get XML to do their math -- a bit like asking
> someone how to write your thesis in C++ :-)
> 
I hate HTML too, for most of the same reasons!  :-)


> > XML, if it's needed, should always be hidden from the user/programmer
> > by some sort of parser.
> 
> Absolutely, always. The user should never see pointy brackets: they're
> for parsers and for people like me who have to deal with the dirty bits
> inside XML documents. Any half-decent interface should hide them and
> present a sensible layout. Unfortunately, no such editors exist yet;
> even the (quite good) XML editors for authoring still demand far too
> much foreknowledge. Maybe one day...
> 
> We should stop here...we're going off-topic...
> 
... and you're basically agreeing with me in that last paragraph. :-)

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Chris Green