Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 13:18:51 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: grog@lemis.de Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I write this SGML stuff? Message-ID: <199606041918.TAA09724@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199606041714.TAA13705@allegro.lemis.de> (grog@lemis.de)
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>>>>> "Greg" == Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> writes:
Greg> I've just been trying to convert my roff text on installing
Greg> a second disk into SGML, and I find that I don't have any
Greg> documentation. I've guessed a lot from the table sources,
Greg> but I've probably made a lot of mistakes, and I can't find
Greg> how to do pictures and tables.
I had three main sources of info to learn the DTD we're using. First
was the (C-c, <) key in Emacs (to list what the valid tags are in the
current context). Second was existing text. Third was the DTD itself.
I finally figured out how to import PostScript ... although I don't
know if this usage is ``blessed.'' (John? Comments?)
<figure>
<eps file="blah">
<caption>Any caption text.</caption>
</figure>
In LaTeX, this becomes a \figure environment using \epsffile to insert
blah.ps. Our DTD adds the `.ps' no matter what, so don't name your
EPS files `.eps'. On my system, I also have to modify the
\documentstyle line and add epsf to it:
\documentstyle[linuxdoc,epsf]{article}
In HTML, nothing appears. In ASCII, just the caption appears.
You can also replace <eps> with <ph> (which means nothing as far as
I'm concerned) to get a vetical space in which to put a figure later.
<ph vspace="24pc">
skips 24 picas. Any TeX units will work. Again, no effect in HTML,
and just the caption in ASCII.
Next, I need to learn what you've learned: the tables!
Greg> On an allied subject, is there any way to just browse
Greg> through the manual without having to remember where in the
Greg> structure you are, and possibly even such advanced things as
Greg> paging with the keyboard keys instead of the mouse?
Depends on your web browser---if you're browsing the HTML version. On
Netscape, the PageUp/PageDown keys work.
Maybe we'll come up with a special browser just for the handbook
that'll have an adjunct window in which a ``You Are Here'' display
will be constantly updated. Or just a Java app.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199606041918.TAA09724>