Re: Maintenance for both flat text and HTML?

John Relph (relph@presto.ig.com)
Thu, 18 May 95 7:36:15 PDT

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>What solutions have FAQ maintainers found for the problems with
>maintaining both a flat ascii text version of a FAQ (suitable for posting
>and archival) and an HTML version (suitable for residence on an HTTP server)?

I maintain my FAQs (four in all) in HTML as the base document. I use
Lynx to format the text for the text (flat) version. I have to make
sure to use a consistent (and slightly odd) format in the HTML
document so that the text version comes out looking good. I also use
some simple scripts to massage the HTML file before it is Lynxed and
to massage the text file afterwards.

I use Emacs (with a modified HTML-helper-mode) and Lynx on Solaris.

If you are interested, let me know.

-- John

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