Re: HTML to PS: No netscape here

[TBlittlefoot]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 06:09:01PM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
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> > 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?
> > > > 
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> > > 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.
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> > > That being said, have you looked at this link:
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> > > 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.
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> > :-))
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> > > I can't live without color highlighting/multiple buffers/etc.
> > 
> > I guess I can.
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> possibly my last mail before vaca.
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> 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.
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I can understand that. Suggest you try Debian.


> perl does suck but i've been writing a lot in it lately.
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> anyway, get perl installed and use that script, how bad could it be?
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Takes too much hdd space and other system resources for what it does, 
which is redundant.


> /ed
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Have a good vacation, Ed. 

And thanks for everything.

Tom

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