Hi,
Electropubs.com has a nifty little plug-in called Clean
Import that lets you replace existing formats with the ones
you import (all kinds of formats or just the ones you
select). So you could delete the unneeded conditions from one
file and then Clean Import conditions from it to all
This has led me finally to consider conditional text. I'd
create two tags: windows and linux. Then, I'll apply the tags to operating
system specific UI/functionality while leaving shared content alone.
Sounds like a perfect solution.
Here's the thing though, I am not a fan of conditional
Joseph Lorenzini wrote:
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sense to create two different documents, which share a large amount of
information. This has led me finally to consider conditional text. I'd
create two tags: windows and linux. Then, I'll apply the tags to operating
system specific UI/functionality while
Joseph:
What you are describing is exactly the sort of situation conditional text was
designed for. From the sound of things, you're bothered by the basic logic of
conditional text. You are not the first writer to experience this, and you will
not be the last. Nonetheless, I have a hard time
Whatever you do, _don't_ conditionalize a word here or there. That's what
leads to problems.
Very wise! I've had to clean up many documents that were poorly
conditioned to the word level. It can certainly be done well, but it's
not for the conditional text novice by any means. Kiddies, don't
Joseph Lorenzini wrote:
Thank you for your feedback. I'll definitely go with the conditional text
then. I like guidelines of only conditionalizing paragraphs is and never
have overlapping conditions. As Richard suggested, if I have to I'll just
replicate the paragraph. As for the funky
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Sorry, I don't understand. When you hide a condition, there is no
resulting paragraph mark --
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There is if the hidden condtional text is a text inset.
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Baruch Brodersen
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:59 AM
To: Combs, Richard
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Joseph Lorenzini
Subject: Re: Strategy for Handling Conditional Text
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Sorry, I
Baruch Brodersen wrote:
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Sorry, I don't understand. When you hide a condition, there is no
resulting paragraph mark --
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There is if the hidden condtional text is a text inset.
Only if you fail to apply the condition to the paragraph that contains the text
inset.
A text inset
Field, Karen wrote:
Question along these lines: I've got docs that I split into different
version numbers and company branding. One document spins into 6
different ones when I combine the version numbers with the branding.
(For example: v. 2.1 Company A; v. 2.1 Company B) I do apply
Ideally I'd suggest try to avoid conditional text. That means planning. Then,
if you do need to use it, you've done all you can to
avoid it, and it should appear as little as possible. It likely needs as little
as possible to make it work as well. It's a great
feature, but one that you may be
In that case make sure you conditionalize everything from the 1st
character to the ending paragraph mark of each conditional paragraph.
You should have no issues if you follow that rule.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Joseph Lorenzini jalo...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for your feedback. I'll
That means think a lot about what you write. With one client we took the
approach of a Mac and a PC version of manuals, but we had,
say, 10 chapters that had the same info. We avoided product names. We asked
the developers to match the product and dialogs. Then we
wrote generic. Instead of
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:27 PM
To: Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Strategy for Handling Conditional Text
That means think a lot about what you write. With one client we took
BILL: Generally I agree, but I think in this specific case the application that
Joe is documenting really varies between Linux and
Windows. At least, that's what I gathered from: Originally, I was told that
these differences would eventually go away and that the
user experience would be
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