Subject: Re: Jade RTF and Winhelp From: "Wayne Richards" <WRichards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:51:39 -0500 Comments: Authenticated sender is <wayne@mail10.pair.com> |
> > The problem I hit is that the Jade RTF backend resolutely (and rightly, > > I suppose) refuses to let you slide any '\' characters into the output > > stream yourself, and as far as I know it doesn't have flow objects which > > will generate the RTF codes Winhelp requires. > > Along these lines, has anyone developed a patch for Jade that > will let one output an arbitrary hunk of RTF? That would seem > like one general approach to this problem (I have a couple of > other things in mind, too). > > As I recall, there's a similar extension in the SGML back-end, > though it's name escapes me at the moment. > > --norm I've been contemplating a 2-pass scenario: Jade does the first pass generating special markers for missing Winhelp code. Then a Word template macro does the second pass, changing the markers to the correct format. Maybe something like "{footnote # ...}" gets output by Jade, then Word translates that to a # footnote. "{du ...}" -> double-underlined text, etc. Wayne __________________ Caliber Technology Payroll Withholding Tax Updates http://www.taxupdate.com/software DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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