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- | ASCII to HyperText + HyperText to HTML |
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- There are several thousand files of valuable information available in
- CompuServe or INTERNET in ASCII format.
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- Modular HyperTexts are superior to ASCII files for publishing and
- for better reading. Modernize valuable information: convert to HyperText!
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- It is a balance between "cost per unit of output" and the
- limited number of readers for a highly specific topic.
- This TXDB-tool here is focused on economic authoring, also
- when you have a limited number of readers, minimum of overhead
- and minimal learning effort.
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- Save a lot of work with ASCII to HyperText!
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- Step by step from ASCII to HyperText and HTML
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- (1) The source of all is an original, simple, old ASCII-file,
- also WinWord and Wordperfect documents can be saved as ASCII.
- New ideas, new texts insert directly into the HyperText.
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- Minimal preparation of one "old" ASCII-file:
- - mark the potential subtitle lines in column-1 with "&",
- - generate modular HyperText with TXDBGEN (first rough draft)
- use the "ASC-HYP.BAT" file in "TXDBGEN.ZIP",
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- "old"
- ASCII text +---------------+
- --------------->| TXDBGEN +------>------+ ASCII to Hypertext
- | ASC-HYP.BAT | | conversion
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- ################### |
- # TXDB #<------+
- -------------------># # convert to HTML
- new text +---># Text Database: #-------->-------------+ optional
- | # - prototyping # publish |
- | # - authoring #-------->----------+ |
- | # #--->--+ | |
- brainstorming, | ################### | | |
- test of | | | |
- new ideas, | | | |
- | refine, extend | | |
- +--------------<--------------+ | |
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- (2) Refine and extend your HyperText with "TXDB.EXE". | |
- TXDB is your central repository and interactive | |
- authoring-tool for brainstorming and to test ideas. | |
- The modular structure is optimal for cooperative | |
- authoring. Two or more persons work on a bigger | |
- publication parallel. | |
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- (3) Copy your HyperText publications and the FREEWARE | |
- TXDB.EXE file to diskette, CD-ROM, CompuServe | |
- for the predominant platforms (IBM-compatible). | |
- 95 % of capacity from a standard 1,4 MB diskette | |
- for your text, 5% for the TXDB.EXE framework! | |
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- publish | |
- for | |
- +----------------------------------------+ IBM | |
- | average reader - IBM compatible DOS,|<--------+ |
- | Windows, OS/2 | |
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- | convert
- +---------------+ | to HTML
- | HY-HTML |<-----+
- | |--->--+
- +---------------+ | publish
- | HypertText
- (4) Convert to HTML format with "HY-HTML.BAT" for | for Internet,
- the user of HTML browsers/ viewers | Unix,
- (INTERNET, Unix, Macintosh) | Macintosh
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- +----------------------------------------+ |
- | reader in HTML compatible environment |<-----------+
- | INTERNET, Unix, Macintosh |
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- Some hints regarding ASCII to HyperText - conversion:
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- - use the ASCII file "ORIGINAL.ASC" in "TXDBGEN.ZIP" for
- the first experiments,
- - TXDBGEN.EXE is SHAREWARE, only a simple example,
- for extensions please contact the author,
- - central component in this concept is the "TXDB.EXE" file
- Text Database, authoring tool and readers framework,
- TXDB Verison 1.25 is FREEWARE, you can upgrade to Version 1.3,
- selectable upgrade information at the end of the program.
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- Some hints regarding HTML - conversion:
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- - use the *.TXT files in TXDB125e.ZIP to experiment, convert
- this files with "HY-HTML.BAT" to *.HTM files,
- - also the *.TXT files generated from the *.ASC in TXDBGEN.ZIP
- can be used for experiments with HTML,
- - the converter !HY-HTML.EXE is FREEWARE, only a simple example,
- for extensions please contact the author,
- - the converter creates additional documentation files of your
- hypertext structure: "tx-nodes.inp", "fromto.lst", "tofrom.lst"
- - HTML viewer are not included here. You will find HTML viewer
- in CompuServe, GO INETRESO for MSDOS, Macintosh, ....
- for the HP200LX Palmtop in GO HPHAND Lib-11 HV.ZIP
- Compatible viewer: Mosaic, Cello, WinWeb and HV for HP200LX
- - start the HTML-viewer with "$BASIS.HTM" as "home page",
- - some *.TXT example files with special IBM MSDOS characters
- (semi-graphics) are incompatible with HTML, but usefull for
- MSDOS PCs, please ignore the "pictures" in this experiment,
- - please ignore also the operating instructions for TXDB
- in the sample text files if you use a HTML viewer.
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- Economic balance:
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- "low cost ASCII publishing <---> higher cost HyperText publishing"
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- Hypertext must be economic also for specific needs, also from
- 100 to 1000 readers!
- Best graphics + colors if you have got ten thousand readers or more,
- but reasonable efforts on beauty, if you have got 100 or 1000 readers.