> Although I presently maintain only a standard
> ASCII version of my FAQ, I'm strongly compelled by the benefits of
>multiple-
> format documents. I'd like to put out ASCII, HTML, and Postscript
>versions
> of the same file. The only means that I've come across for doing this is
> the highly powerful, though somewhat kludge-y approach of redoing the
> entire file in LaTeX or one of its variants. [...]
> I'm interested in hearing any other suggestions about this interesting
> problem. Certainly, most garden-variety Windows/Mac-based word
>processors
> aren't up to the task (at least it would take a fair amount of
>futzing with
> the mouse to do what I could do in a single command line), yet on the
> other hand, there must be an easier method than writing the whole thing
> in LaTeX or SGML or some similarly obscure markup language, originally
> designed for the typesetting industry.
On the Macintosh, a utility called Myrmidon hooks into the Print
command of any application and converts any document to HTML while
"printing" it to a file. Laser printer drivers also can output to a
Postscript file, as I recall. With a macro utility such as QuicKeys or
KeyQuencer, you can avoid mousing around by setting up a macro to
initiate the conversion.
-- The Furry InfoPage! http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/ Peter_Kappesser@promail.com
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