There is a javascript version of an xml parser: http://xmljs.sourceforge.net/documentation/ We could have the documentation stored in xml. Matt
On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 16:29, Laszlo Teglas wrote: > php / asp / cgi / jsp / cfm / perl > > these all require server side engines. Thus they can not be viewed from > anywhere. They can only be viewed when served up by a server. I have > mentioned in my earlier comment, that "We want the document to be viewable > offline locally, therefore we can't use any server side script to include > the navigation system." > > I believe this is one of the reasons why Sun uses frames for it's extensive > documentations of the Java API: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/index.html > > NanoFace =;^) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael > Pemberton > Sent: November 14, 2001 4:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Documentation Project > > > >I vote for Frames =;^) > > >Using frames may also help when we want to update different formats of > the > >documentation. i.e. pdf files can be set up to list the content files > >consecutively without the need to strip out the navsys from every page. > We > >could then replicate the navsys as a table of contents. (I haven't > actually > >tried this, I'm just thinking out loud) I don't know much about Win2PDF. > >Does it take a graphical snap shot, or does it copy the text of the > document > >and format it into pdf? If it copies the text, does it ignore HTML tags? > >What would it do to a navsys that is made up of tags mixed with content? > > This is not really needed. It is quite possible, using php / asp / cgi to > include the common navigation code automatically. This means that if > written in a specific way, it is then possible to override the inclusion of > such code. This would allow for easy conversion by simply stripping the > "include" calls made in the content files. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/
