Thanks to those of you who have given me their opinion.
Ofcourse, like Era said, the aim isn't to use SGML per sé. From what I'd
read, it just looked like it could deliver.
However, from the various answers and from what else I've found out, it
seems that it is far overkill.
> > Are there SGML to HTML and SGML to ASCIII (etc.) converters out there
> > which can be easily used?
> "Easy" as in "click and drool" ...
By 'Easy' I meant something which can be adapted to suit my exact needs.
Once I've done that once, they'll be easy to use from then on. I know
I'm on a Win95 now, but I do remember what a command-line prompt is. I
seem to remember my firt programming compiler , Turbo Pascal version 3
(or was it 2?) was indeed command-line based.
Unfortunately, I was never too much exposed to the UNIX world. Even at
uni they kept us with (80286) PCs.... Mine wasn't an IT course.
> > (And - last but not least) Do any of the necessary tools exist for
> > Win95?
>
> I am biased and grumpy, but I would generally expect the situation to
> be basically that if a tool is any good, nobody will have bothered to
> create a glitzy dumbed-down Windows version. (Pardon the tone again.)
Whuhuu. You really hurt me there ;-)
> Perl is platform-independent. And you probably wouldn't regret
> learning at least a little bit of Perl just as something any good
> netizen should have a basic understanding of.
Yep. I installed a perl version ported to Windows/DOS and the SDF
program - I'll play with it and see where it gets me.
I have for some time been toying with the idea of installing LINUX (I
know - purists will say that LINUX is just a 'crappy' version of UNIX -
but AFAIK, it is the best 'port' of a solaris-type OS available for PCs-
No?) so maybe this will be the final drop that makes me take the jump.
Robert Kiesling be warned - he might see me in the Linux newsgroups.
Gary wrote:
>I maintain the rec.woodworking FAQ as a Microsoft Word file, and then use a
>little program I put together in Delphi to number the sections and
>questions and generate a table of contents. That done, I use AscToHTM 3.0
>to create the Web version. It's quite flexible, and the author wrote it
>with FAQs in mind. In fact, it's free to any Usenet FAQ author.
Why don't you let Word number the sections, questions and create the
TOC?
The AScToHTM 3.0 application looks promising - that will probably be the
way I'll go for the time being.
Thanks again.
Morten.
-- pahle@iway.fr : Pahle, Morten Gleditsch MetOp RAMS responsible
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