X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,be7ecceadeff64b8 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-31 13:40:46 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: rcsiebel@vub.ac.be (Roland Siebelink) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: Should I html'ize the FAQ? Followup-To: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Date: 31 Aug 1994 06:43:53 -0500 Organization: Brussels Free Universities (VUB/ULB), Belgium Lines: 30 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <341qdp$a3c@gagme.wwa.com> References: <33tklt$i5k@gagme.wwa.com> <33v716$jpn@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1576 alt.ascii-art:13909 Joshua Bell (jsbell@acs.ucalgary.ca) beweerde hier: >In article <33tklt$i5k@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison wrote: >> So, would you like to see a special version of the FAQ specifically >>made for the web? >Here's what I do: >Maintain the HTML version *only*. When it is time to post the >plain text version, do: >lynx -dump faq.html > faq.txt I do the same for the European Union Basics (FAQ) list, but I use the CERN LineMode Browser for my screendumps: it renders my HTMLplus documents better (although this may be a question of taste) but more importantly: it keeps the links by inserting [1] type footnote numbers in the text and giving a list of URLs at the end of the document. This is done with the command: cat faq.html | www -listrefs > faq.txt You may see a demo of the CERN LineModeBrowser by telnet to info.cern.ch (no login). -- Roland Siebelink -- for finger + Democracy arises out of the renunciation of certainty, or at least the renunciation that one man (m/f) could impose his certainty on another man. ; -- adapted from The Economist