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Title: AMCAF user guide
Post by: asymetrix on May 13, 2009, 04:56:57 AM

Hi all

Just to let you know I have been working on a HTML/PDF version of the AMCAF Extension Manual since Feb '09.

Work is going well.

I think you will like it :)

cheers

Title: Re: AMCAF user guide
Post by: SamuraiCrow on May 13, 2009, 12:15:46 PM

Great news!  Keep it up Asymmetrix!

Title: Re: AMCAF user guide
Post by: Hungry Horace on May 17, 2009, 10:05:25 AM

excellent news! I look forward to having it hosted here ;)

without doubt the best of the AMOS extensions out there in my opinion.

top work asymetrix - your html manual never ceases to be useful to me. :)

Title: Re: AMCAF user guide
Post by: asymetrix on May 20, 2009, 01:29:27 PM

The Amos Pro Manual required alot of processing :)

I am glad you find it useful.

The AMCAF Extension is very powerful, and would be great hosted here.

Update:

Guide to HTML - done, easy to do
HTML changing, merging pages etc  - done
HTML processing (Amos Pro Manual Style) - done

Validation - Almost done  :)

cheers

Title: Re: AMCAF user guide
Post by: wiiz on May 28, 2009, 08:22:27 AM

Out of interest what software do you use? Something like TeX or LaTeX?

Title: Re: AMCAF user guide
Post by: asymetrix on May 29, 2009, 10:02:59 AM

Quote from: wiiz on May 28, 2009, 08:22:27 AM

Out of interest what software do you use? Something like TeX or LaTeX?

It depends where i start :)

The Amos Pro Manual required :
1) manual scanning to hires images, fixing rotation, etc then OCR to txt.
2) txt to clean formatted txt by removing tabs/spaces alignment probs etc.
3) Any basic programming language, I use Visual basic to help with batch processing of any repetative tasks.
4) Ultra Edit for manual html editing, column formatting, Macros :)

Amcaf manual was in Amigaguide format :
1) convert AmigaGuuide to HTML, any amiga converter to make the crude html
2) UltraEdit after that, easier as I already have my own html formatting/styles as macros
3) changes/merges of pages changed link locations especially html anchors so:
4) Visual Basic create a database of command names/links locations, scan all links, page locations and replace with new names / link names, export new html pages.
5) link check software like free link checker, spell checker
6) modify html version in ultra edit for page numbering, print prieview in Firefox
7) Redirect printer output to PDF files, import into Adobe Acrobat & process pages
8) Preflight PDF to 1.4 export to distiller save as pdf 1.3