> I have recently made this decision. I decided that the primary method
> of distribution for my FAQ would be the WWW, so I wrote it in HTML.
> I create a text version for distibution on newsgroups using Mosaic.
> (I also use Mosaic to create a PostScript version, available via
> anonymous FTP.)
> I use Mosaic because it is there. I would be interested to read what
> other maintainers use to convert their FAQs from HTML to text.
I, too, have recently converted my FAQ and Reading Lists to HTML, and these
serve as the source of the posted version. People can see the HTML version at
http://shamash.nysernet.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/index.html
To create the posted version, I run a perl script that parses files of the
form:
#include ../FAQ/01-FAQ-intro.hdr
Archive-name: judaism/FAQ/01-FAQ-intro
Soc-culture-jewish-archive-name: faq.01-FAQ-intro
Posting-Frequency: Monthly
Frequently Asked Questions on Soc.Culture.Jewish
Part 1: Introduction to the FAQ and Soc.Culture.Jewish
[Last Change: $Date: 1995/06/28 00:49:09 $ $Revision: 1.2 $]
[Last Post: Thu Jun 1 11:07:07 1995]
#HTMLinclude-ns faq/intro.html
#HTMLinclude faq/hl-index.html
The following is an index to the questions and other information contained
in each section:
...
The parser understands three statements: #include, #HTMLinclude, and
#HTMLinclude-ns. The #HTML versions use lynx -dump to produce the output. All
my FAQ pieces are of the form:
HEADER
<HR>
BODY
<HR>
NAVIGATION
So what gets included in the faq is the stuff between the <HR>s. If the normal
(i.e., no -ns) form is used, the first paragraph after the <HR> becomes the
SUBJECT:. I've already modified my perl posting script to generate each piece
just before posting.
Daniel
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