Re: [Tads3] Eric Eve's Getting Started guide

["Eric Eve" <eric.eve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Breslin wrote:

> Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but wouldn't it be a good idea to look at
the
> tools which convert HTML to PDF, and the tools which convert PDF to HTML,
and
> then decide upon a format for your master copy, based on which conversion
you
> like best of both bunches? I sort of assume that conversion from PDF to
HTML
> would be cleaner than the other way around, but I think I'd look at both
groups
> of conversion tools before I decided upon a master format.

The master copy already exists in MS Word, so it's a bit late to decide upon
a format now! The point (which perhaps I should have made clearer) is that
it's absolutely straightforward to convert from MS Word to PDF (I have a
utility that does that from within Word at the click of a mouse) but not so
straightforward to convert to HTML. Part of the complication isn't simply
finding the right tool, it's the fact that a layout that works fine in PDF
or Word isn't ideal for an HTML document designed to be viewed in a browser,
where you may want to break the text up in different ways (e.g. per chapter,
not per page) and hyperlink in different ways (as in my experimental
example).

-- Eric