On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:47:56PM +0530, Philip S Tellis wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Shuvam Misra wrote: > > > because I can write my code to use text-files containing templates. > > When I generate HTML screens from my Perl/CGI programs, for instance, > > I keep the entire HTML page layout in text files, with placeholders, > > You should probably look at HTML::Template for your HTML Templates, and > PDF::Template for your PDF Templates.
I can't help but mention XML combined with XSL to produce HTML wherever necessary and follow the path along FO to PS/PDF wherever that is needed. Have often used that to create presentations and printed handouts using the DocBook "Slides" DTD for example. Again, a rather ill-researched suggestion, but I think this is worth thinking about if you want to have information independent of multiple styles of representation. Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
