PE> When creating documentation for a product, e.g. you want user manuals to

 PE> come out nicely, but you'd still like to have a text file for

 PE> "online" documentation, what is the best form to put your original

 PE> document in?  Is there an international standard?  I believe GML

 PE> (script?) is a standard. Never seen any PC implementations though.  BFN.



There used to be a product called GML/PC (or was it DCF/PC?) written by the
same people who did SPF/PC. The name of the company is Command Technology.
If you want, I'll try to find the address since we have a recent version of
SPF/PC for OS/2 at work.



The source to create the OS/2 .INF files seems to be based on GML. The
following is a sample I cut from the IPF reference. Look familiar? With a
bit of ingenuity, you may be able to generate the online help and the
printed doco from the same source!



:hp2.Example 1&colon.  A definition List:ehp2.

:dl break=all tsize=3.

:dt.:hp2.Insert key:ehp2.

:dd.Switches between insert and replace modes.

:dt.:hp2.Home key:ehp2.

:dd.Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

:dt.:hp2.End key:ehp2.

:dd.Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

:edl.

.*********************************************

:p.

:hp2.Example 2&colon.  A Compact Definition List:ehp2.

:dl compact tsize=13.

:dthd.:hp7.Key:ehp7.

:ddhd.:hp7.Purpose:ehp7.

:dt.Insert key

:dd.Switches between insert and replace modes.

:dt.Home key

:dd.Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

:dt.End key

:dd.Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

:edl.

.*********************************************



Paul



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