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Beneath the Hood
At the backend, SilkPage custom XML is used to maintain the site content. XSLT Style Sheets are used to produce customized markup that is validated XHTML content.
Crafting Tools
Table below lists software and hardware (along with my rating) used to publish and maintain this site.
Table 1. Publishing Report Card
| Tool | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| GNU/Linux | A+ | A great set of software tools and utilities (e.g. grep) |
| Emacs | A+ | One of the world's most perfect editors |
| Vim | A | Plenty fast and great editor |
| Ubuntu | B+ | A good distribution but still needs work |
| Dell/Latitude | B | Nice, but noisy and slow without tons of RAM |
| SilkPage | B | Powerful but some rough edges, to be improved in the next versions |
Typography
Typefaces, typography and indentation of this site are controlled with CSS in an effort to make the text easy to read and maintain.