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- HTML Markup 1.0ß4
- (c)1995, by Scott J. Kleper
- Released on 6-24-95
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-
- HTML Markup is a drag-and-drop Macintosh text->html converter. There are many
- programs that seem to accomplish similar tasks. However, HTML Markup takes a
- slightly different approach to the conversion.
-
- When you drag a file or files onto the HTML Markup icon, you are presented with
- a "job ticket" that allows you to check off your conversion options. The final
- version of HTML Markup will have a few more options than this version. The
- options currently available are:
-
- •Use first line as <TITLE>
- This option will take the first line of your text file and make it the
- title of the HTML document. If you do not use this option, your HTML file
- will have no title. In the final version, there will be additional options
- like using the file name for the title. Note that if you use this option,
- the first line of your file will still remain in the HTML form and will
- also be the title.
-
- •Use first line as <H1>
- This option will take the first line of your text file and make it an <H1>
- header for the file. The line will not be repeated and this option may
- be used with the above option.
-
- •Center <H1>
- This option is only used with the above option. It centers the <H1>
- described above. If the above option is not used, this option is
- ignored.
-
- •End lines with <BR>
- This option will terminate every line with the <BR> flag. Personally,
- I would almost never do this. One of the reasons I wrote HTML Markup
- was because the converter that I used to use would do this and it
- pissed me off. Still, I can see why some people would want to terminate
- every line so I made it an option.
-
- •Convert lists to <UL>'s (modified in 1.0ß4)
- Markup looks for -'s and •'s and converts items listed much like this
- list of options into <UL> lists. Versions 1.0ß4 and later of HTML
- Markup contain a new "smart list" algorithm that attempts to identify
- lists from dashes and bullets used in words.
-
- •Convert lines to <hr> (new in 1.0ß4)
- Markup looks for a series of dashes and changes them into an <hr> line.
-
- •Keep inline flags (new in 1.0ß4)
- Markup keeps anything contained within < and > characters in the new
- file. In this way, you can write text files with embedded HTML and use
- HTML Markup to add in the mundane stuff like the <HTML> and <BODY> flags.
-
- •Output ticket (modified in 1.0ß4)
- A new button and dialog control the output options for the html file.
- You can now automatically append .html to files and save them that way,
- you can replace the original file, or you can be prompted to save the
- file. You can also set the creator signature of the file so that your
- files can all be native to your favorite text editor or to netscape.
-
- The registered version will also have options to control colors, headers, footers,
- titles, comments, and other aspects of HTML design.
-
- The fourth beta (second public beta) version is a big step towards the release
- version. I have implemented a totally new method for allocating memory, made
- some aspects of conversion "smarter", added more translations, put in more
- options, revised the interface slightly, and added output features. Unless I
- get some good ideas soon, this is how the shareware version will look upon
- release. The only feature I am planning to implement but haven't yet is a
- popup menu in the output ticket that allows you to select popular file creators.
-
- Version 1.0ß4 is also the first to (almost) implement the entire ISO 8859-1
- character set. The most popular "special characters" have translations, as
- well as some international characters like ñ.
-
- Please send me your comments and ideas! If you want to register now (even
- though it's still in beta stages) and guarantee yourself a registered copy
- of the release version, it's just ten bucks.
-
- Send your check for $10 to:
-
- Scott J. Kleper
- 134 Caversham Woods
- Pittsford, NY 14534
-
-
- Questions? Comments? Bugs? Ideas? Send email to:
-
- sjked@rit.edu
-
- The WWW support page for HTML Markup is:
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- http://htc.rit.edu/klephacks/markup.html
-
- The FTP site is:
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- ftp://htc.rit.edu/pub/
-
- Enjoy!
-
-
- -Scott J. Kleper
- 6/24/95
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