Re: [Framers] Arbortext v Frame

2018-11-20 Thread Peter Ring
nue using FrameMaker both for authoring and pagination. DITA support is fair, S1000D is a bit dated but Mekon supplies an updated application, and DocBook support is quite stale but might be sufficient. regards Peter Ring On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:21 AM Paul Nagai wrote: > Hi, > >

pure XML

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Ring
number of people who do own a copy of the Standard at an absolute minimum. [NOT the comp.text.sgml FAQ] kind regards Peter Ring On 02/17/2010 09:02 AM, Kevin Farwell wrote: > As far as customizing public standards, I say have at it. Why should > anyone settle for something that doesn

Re: pure XML

2010-02-17 Thread Peter Ring
number of people who do own a copy of the Standard at an absolute minimum. [NOT the comp.text.sgml FAQ] kind regards Peter Ring On 02/17/2010 09:02 AM, Kevin Farwell wrote: > As far as customizing public standards, I say have at it. Why should > anyone settle for something that doesn

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-22 Thread Peter Ring
fm_0016_3433runningasinglemif2goconversionorprintjob.htm Download the demo version of Mif2Go to try out 'runfm' http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm - CudSpan DoBatch, available from Leximation http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=CUD DoBatch expects you to open a batch script fil

Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Ring
DZBatcher, http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html is your friend. kind regards Peter Ring Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will > do the following: > > - Pull FM files and books from the

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Ring
fm_0016_3433runningasinglemif2goconversionorprintjob.htm Download the demo version of Mif2Go to try out 'runfm' http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm - CudSpan DoBatch, available from Leximation http://www.leximation.com/toolsearch/?dev=CUD DoBatch expects you to open a batch script fil

Re: Scripting pulling FM files from version control and creating PDFs

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Ring
DZBatcher, http://www.datazone.com/dzbatcher2.html is your friend. kind regards Peter Ring Linda G. Gallagher wrote: > Framers, > > A client would like to be able to have a script that runs nightly that will > do the following: > > - Pull FM files and books from the

XHTML or CALS tables?

2008-02-01 Thread Peter Ring
Should I use the XHTML or CALS table model for structured documents and XML storage format? I'm looking for gut reaction replies. Considerate pondering, evaluating all pertinent factors, does not seem to resolve into definite and convincing answers. Why of course, FrameMaker is part of the

XHTML or CALS tables?

2008-02-01 Thread Peter Ring
Should I use the XHTML or CALS table model for structured documents and XML storage format? I'm looking for gut reaction replies. Considerate pondering, evaluating all pertinent factors, does not seem to resolve into definite and convincing answers. Why of course, FrameMaker is part of the

Frame Bug in Index of Markers--disappearing index entries

2008-01-28 Thread Peter Ring
Maybe adding a sort key would help? Kind regards Peter Ring Tina Ricks wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I've been chasing this bug for weeks, and I just tracked down exactly what > causes it. Has anyone seen this? Sorry for the long explanation. I'm using > Fr

Re: Frame Bug in Index of Markers--disappearing index entries

2008-01-27 Thread Peter Ring
Maybe adding a sort key would help? Kind regards Peter Ring Tina Ricks wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I've been chasing this bug for weeks, and I just tracked down exactly what > causes it. Has anyone seen this? Sorry for the long explanation. I'm using > Fr

Frame in Windows emulation

2007-10-03 Thread Peter Ring
#x27; PDF http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/group/?app_parent=2361 FrameMaker 6.0 should also be OK. I have not tried FrameMaker 8.0 on CrossOver. I would expect more trouble. Kind regards, Peter Ring Graeme Worth wrote: > I am considering moving from a Windows to a Linux OS and running &g

Re: Frame in Windows emulation

2007-10-03 Thread Peter Ring
#x27; PDF http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/group/?app_parent=2361 FrameMaker 6.0 should also be OK. I have not tried FrameMaker 8.0 on CrossOver. I would expect more trouble. Kind regards, Peter Ring Graeme Worth wrote: I am considering moving from a Windows to a Linux OS and running Fra

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-21 Thread Peter Ring
feature by feature, of how to get there from the input documents. [1] http://tidy.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ [3] http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=TopStyle kind regards Peter Ring Pat Christenson wrote: > Hi all - > > I have a client who wants

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-21 Thread Peter Ring
feature by feature, of how to get there from the input documents. [1] http://tidy.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ [3] http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=TopStyle kind regards Peter Ring Pat Christenson wrote: Hi all - I have a client who wants to import HTML

Version control of FM documents/books

2007-03-21 Thread Peter Ring
configuration management. Kind regards Peter Ring Radha Padmanabhan wrote: > Hi, greetings! > > I use FM 7.0 with Windows XP. > For the projects that I work with, I am the sole writer(modifier)/owner of > the documents. > As of now, the FM documents are in t

Re: Version control of FM documents/books

2007-03-21 Thread Peter Ring
some configuration management. Kind regards Peter Ring Radha Padmanabhan wrote: Hi, greetings! I use FM 7.0 with Windows XP. For the projects that I work with, I am the sole writer(modifier)/owner of the documents. As of now, the FM documents are in the hard disk of my machine and

OT: Tech Writers & Wikis

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Ring
/ http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonWikiEngines http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines A popular integrated wiki/tracking/revision environment: http://trac.edgewall.org/ kind regards Peter Ring Chris Borokowski wrote: > I won't use WikiPedia as a source anymore because I&#

OT: Tech Writers & Wikis

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Ring
Wikis are quite heavily used on company intranets for "conversational knowledge management". You do seem to be mistaken about what wikis are used for. Kind regards Peter Ring Whites wrote: > > I'm dubious that folks in most development environments have the leisure &g

Re: OT: Tech Writers & Wikis

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Ring
/ http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonWikiEngines http://java-source.net/open-source/wiki-engines A popular integrated wiki/tracking/revision environment: http://trac.edgewall.org/ kind regards Peter Ring Chris Borokowski wrote: I won't use WikiPedia as a source anymore because I've b

Re: OT: Tech Writers & Wikis

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Ring
Wikis are quite heavily used on company intranets for "conversational knowledge management". You do seem to be mistaken about what wikis are used for. Kind regards Peter Ring Whites wrote: I'm dubious that folks in most development environments have the leisure to dawdle a

Third-party or "out of the box" plugins [was "re:

2007-02-26 Thread Peter Ring
FrameMaker, we rely on MIF and generated lists (to extract section numbers vs. page numbers). The process is driven by a Makefile. Better FrameMaker scripting would be welcome, but DZbatcher [1] goes a long way when you want to drive the process no-hands. Kind regards Peter Ring [1] http://w

Wild stab in the dark: LaTeX to MIF

2007-02-25 Thread Peter Ring
plain and simple, i.e. can be interpreted by a mock interpreter. A number of TeX-to-something converters are listed here [2][3]. kind regards Peter Ring [1] http://www.micropress-inc.com/webb/wbstart.htm [2] http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fmtconv [3] http://www.tug.org/utilit

Re: Third-party or "out of the box" plugins [was "re:

2007-02-25 Thread Peter Ring
ith FrameMaker, we rely on MIF and generated lists (to extract section numbers vs. page numbers). The process is driven by a Makefile. Better FrameMaker scripting would be welcome, but DZbatcher [1] goes a long way when you want to drive the process no-hands. Kind regards Peter Ring [1] http://w

Re: Wild stab in the dark: LaTeX to MIF

2007-02-25 Thread Peter Ring
is plain and simple, i.e. can be interpreted by a mock interpreter. A number of TeX-to-something converters are listed here [2][3]. kind regards Peter Ring [1] http://www.micropress-inc.com/webb/wbstart.htm [2] http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=fmtconv [3] http://www.tug.org/utilit

Harvesting and Comparing Screenshots for use in FM

2007-02-03 Thread Peter Ring
trivial to compare different versions of the resource files; the differences should give you a pretty good cue to which screen dumps you need update. If you do online context-sensitive help, you also need to know the resource identifiers. Kind regards Peter Ring Elks, Loren wrote: > Hi: >

Re: Harvesting and Comparing Screenshots for use in FM

2007-02-03 Thread Peter Ring
trivial to compare different versions of the resource files; the differences should give you a pretty good cue to which screen dumps you need update. If you do online context-sensitive help, you also need to know the resource identifiers. Kind regards Peter Ring Elks, Loren wrote: Hi: We are

PDF to framemaker

2007-01-15 Thread Peter Ring
one-off conversion of 'old' legacy documents -- also for ongoing production. The process is *not* cheap and easy to set up, but it will sometimes be the only viable solution. It may be cost-effective compared to changing the ways documents are initially created. kind regards Peter Ring

Re: PDF to framemaker

2007-01-15 Thread Peter Ring
one-off conversion of 'old' legacy documents -- also for ongoing production. The process is *not* cheap and easy to set up, but it will sometimes be the only viable solution. It may be cost-effective compared to changing the ways documents are initially created. kind regards Pete

RTF 1.6 filter hint revealed!

2006-07-04 Thread Peter Ring
t missing from maker.ini is the 'record_vers', which is apparently always '0001'. Kind regards Peter Ring

RTF 1.6 filter hint revealed!

2006-07-04 Thread Peter Ring
t missing from maker.ini is the 'record_vers', which is apparently always '0001'. Kind regards Peter Ring ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send

Methodology for Source Code Control

2006-06-23 Thread Peter Ring
nd time. There is a description of cvs branches, what they are good for, and some advice on practices in the cvs documentation. See the section 'Branching and merging'. See also 'Open Source Development with CVS', Chapter 6 'Going Out On A Limb', http://cvsbook.

Re: Methodology for Source Code Control

2006-06-23 Thread Peter Ring
te and time. There is a description of cvs branches, what they are good for, and some advice on practices in the cvs documentation. See the section 'Branching and merging'. See also 'Open Source Development with CVS', Chapter 6 'Going Out On A Limb', http://cvsb