http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-WikiConverter/
> -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William Gaffga > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:03 AM > To: framers at frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Tools for converting FM docs to WikiMedia? > > There isn't really a way to go FM -> Wiki, i.e. there are no tools to do > so easily. You could dump out HTML from FM and just put them in the wiki > but that won't get you the wiki-goodness. We were able to largely > automate the process for our first foray but it was simply an ideal > candidate because the original content was largely uniform and the end > product wiki was template based. I'll summarize below. > > We had a book that doc'd commands (roughly 15000 of them) for a > scripting language we use internally for our software. These commands > were in a tabular format. There were of course some paragraphs that came > before the commands in a section, describing their purpose or use, and > there were several chapters that were simply explanatory text. Nothing > complex. > > We dumped this stuff out to text files. Wrote a PERL script to identify > the various components and modify the text files. We then wrote another > PERL script to convert that data to include the wiki template > information. We then populated the wiki and made many manual changes. In > total, the project took about 4 weeks including planning, which included > deciding which wiki format we needed. > > So, this is possible but that strictly depends on your content, and it > will require extra knowledge on your end. > > Hope that helps. > > Will. > -- > Will. Gaffga > Head Dude of the Docs > Gibbs and Associates > Moorpark, CA > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as kmcdaniel at pavtech.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kmcdaniel%40pavtech. co > m > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
