On 1999-04-12 15:17, Jeff Noxon wrote: > I'm looking for the best tool to create a professional-looking document > once, and then render it in the following formats: > > HTML > Postscript > PDF > ASCII
DocBook (SGML) + DocBook Stylesheets + Jade and Latex are the only options that I can think of. ASCII is problemantic in both cases (IMHO). SGML gives you RTF as well which will cause cheers at the windows camp of th world. > What tools can tackle this kind of chore and what are their relative > merits? Should I be looking at TeX or SGML tools? Or should I just stick > with plain HTML? I haven't played too much with tex->html, but I think it's quite decent. Still, you'll get much better output and flexibility if you use SGML+stylesheets (or XML+XSL for that matter) or LaTex. ii docbook 3.1-0.2 SGML DTD for software documentation ii docbook-doc 30d10-4 Documentation for the DocBook DTD. ii docbook-stylesh 1.38b-1 Modular DocBook stylesheets, for print and H ii jade 1.2.1-5 James Clark's DSSSL Engine ii jadetex 2.2-1 LaTeX macros for SGML to DVI/PS/PDF conversi ii psgml 1.1.6-4 An Emacs major mode for editing SGML documen ii tetex-base 0.9.990406-1 basic teTeX library files ii tetex-bin 0.9.990406-1 teTeX binary files ii tetex-doc 0.9.990406-1 teTeX documentation ii tetex-extra 0.9.990406-1 extra teTeX library files ii tetex-lib 0.9.990406-1 shared libkpathsea for teTeX ii tetex-nonfree 0.9.990406-1 non-free teTeX library files Probably missed something but this should get you started. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main St., 2nd fl. Fax: 781.938.6641 (fax/modem) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
