Doeadeer3@aol.com wrote:
However, I can't truly see how you could generate base files that would work for both HTML and a Windows Help File. Adding all those hot spots requires a great deal of time.Actually, the information needed for the hot spots is exactly the same as that needed for html hyperlinks. It seems like it would be a very straightforward mapping. There'd be no need to add the hot spots post-generation; I'd instead just add them to the source material, so they'd be generated on every build for HTML and WinHelp.
Note that PDF is capable of clickable hyperlinks. I'd be designing the PDF version for print use, so I wouldn't want the hyperlinks to have a distinctive appearance (as the distinctive appearance would just be a distraction in a print version), but making them clickable in on-line viewing is possible even if they look like ordinary text.So I much prefer HTML over PDF. I also like clickable links.
It is possible to make a text file or HTML pages more searchable by a textI think that for something like this to be usable, it would have to be a function of the browser somehow, and I haven't heard of any initiatives along these lines. We could come up with some kind of ad hoc internal tagging, with comments or with <a> class markers or something, but I doubt it would be worth much without some level of browser integration.
editor or browser if one tries. Some kind of formatting that lets one know this
is the major discussion of a routine or something. And some kind of formatting
that lets one know this is only when it is mentioned in another context. If
you follow me.