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Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here
From: |
ed . arthur |
Subject: |
Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:09:01 +0000 |
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 05:13:54PM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> > > You know, Ed, HTML-to-PS is the heart of this, to my mind.
> > >
> > > It's the current universal markup language and can be extremely simple
> > > to extremely complex.
> > >
> > > I write HTML source with vanilla vi...
> > >
> > > You only need to do text and static graphics. Sound and video, etc,
> obviously
> > > don't translate to paper.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > PLEASE mail me in PLAIN TEXT ----------- THANK YOU
> >
> > The HTML rendering engines in web browsers are quite complex.
> > The concept of delegating in a2ps is a good choice in my mind.
>
> I agree. But the docs/config files need to include directions
> for *all* browsers currently in use by any significant number
> of people.
>
> >
> > That being said, have you looked at this link:
> >
> > http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html
> >
>
> Yes. Don't like perl. Don't have it on my box.
>
> Perhaps we could 'just' convert that to C....
>
> Seriously. There may even be a utility that does that.
>
> > You want the final output in postscript, not the actual HTML
> > code highlighted, right?
> >
>
> I want the *.ps file to look like the original webpage does in
> a browser when printed or previewed.
>
>
> > I'm surprised people still use vi.
>
> Millions.
>
> > I'm an emacs man myself.
>
> Nobody's perfect.
>
> :-))
>
> > I can't live without color highlighting/multiple buffers/etc.
>
> I guess I can.
possibly my last mail before vaca.
don't ge me wrong, i use linux at work on many many servers
but it was too much of a chore at home to be a system manager.
perl does suck but i've been writing a lot in it lately.
anyway, get perl installed and use that script, how bad could it be?
/ed
- HTML to PS: No netscape here, TBlittlefoot, 2004/08/18
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here, ed . arthur, 2004/08/19
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here, ed . arthur, 2004/08/19
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here, TBlittlefoot, 2004/08/20
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here, TBlittlefoot, 2004/08/20
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here, TBlittlefoot, 2004/08/20
- Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here,
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