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

Nikos Chantziaras wrote:


LaTeX is the answer to this.
Thanks Nikos. I was really asking a general question about what's the best answer generally for producing both formats, _a propos_ the situation of Eric's manual.

Eric wrote:

1)	My impression from looking at r.a.i-f is that the most commonly used IF
language is currently Inform, yet, so far as I am aware, the DM4 and IBG
exist only in DPF (or printed format) and not as HTML; certainly I found
them perfectly usable in PDF, so I wonder how much demand for an HTML
version of my guide there'd really be.
There's a general answer to this question, but I can only respond for myself. I personally can't stand PDF. That the DM4 is in PDF is just another reason inform sucks (in my largely uninformed opinion).

Also I personally have no interest in adjusting fonts, or any of the other PDF stuff. Normal HTML formatting is fine with me.

3) [...] I think the conversion to a 'perfect' HTML
format would need to make some design changes to suit a different medium[...]
I think HTML format is perfect for online viewing, if 'electronic' is a medium. I personally almost never print out online manuals; I don't see any use for PDF unless you're printing the material. I print out HTML anyway.

Or are we regarding this as a kind of test run for the mechanics of how Mike
might produce the TADS 3 Manual, in which case the issues may be a bit
different?
Like I said, I was asking a very general question, which you (or Mike) might or might not find profitable.

(Of coruse this isn't a complaint about the very nice manual, or an indictment of the author's presentation. Also, I may be in the minority, in perferring HTML.)

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