>I remember seeing a discussion some time ago where people wondered how
>they maintain their text and html pages. I was unable to post at that
>time, so here comes my version.
>
>Basics:
>
>o I maintain all pages in pure text
>o They are specially indented according to TF (which later)
>o The text pages are run through simple perl script that converts
> all urls to clickable links and does all additional formatting,
> like generatic TOC and so on.
>
>That's basicly it. Managing 400K text page is not very difficult if
>you do it in Emacs and use a special minor mode that can reformat
>the text (plain, quote, code, emphatise) , update Header numbers,
>generate TOCs etc.
I actually use something very similar. The previous maintainer before me
wrote it in C and compliled it to run on any Windows PC.
It uses basic markers in the text file to layout the FAQ.
Examples
{S} New section or part
{Q} New question
{A} New answer
{In} Indent N spaces
There are only a couple more tags, When it comes to FAQ time, I run though
the complete Text document, changing what needs to be changed. When I have
finished.
I run FAQsplit2 on the file and it generates 2 versions. 1 Text version with
1 text file per section ready for posting. And a Fully clickable and content
paged HTML version ready for posting on the website.
Makes my job a lot easier. If anyone want's it I'll be happy to send it.
(It's about 120K).
Paul Hilling
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