On 2/20/02 8:36 AM, "newton2k" <newton2k_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> this thread is kinda interesting to me since i want to try creating my
> own book-pkg. my source document is all in plain-text, which is kinda
> easy to transform, but i would like to be able to italicise/bold certain
> phrases/paragraphs in the text. can i do this with paperback? im a bit
> leery about using newton press since ive had horrible stability problems
> with it on my mac (to the point, that i use the pc-version, under
> virtual pc, the few times ive had to use it).
>
> isnt there some way to 'markup' the plain-text so that paperback will
> interpret the 'tags' and create the required bold/italics? i seem to
> remember reading something like this on the web a long time ago, but i
> cannot find the link anymore. maybe it wasnt a paperback-specific
> feature, but some other software? does anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks and cheers,
> nitin
>
>
> On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 07:55 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
>
>> I use two book makers for the Newt.
>> 1) paperback: This is great for making compact books
>> that don't need bookmarking but may need font
>> changing. I use Paperback when I don't want to spend
>> the time indexing the book
>> 2) Newton Press: This is the best to use when creating
>> indexed books. A great example of this is my book
>> "ServerCodes.pkg"
>> (http://newton.tek-ed.com/books/ServerCodes.PKG) Each
>> code is listed and indexed to a part of the book that
>> explains the code you are looking at.
>> The Newton books for the Underground are in both
>> formats. I created a Newton Press for the split
>> versions (don't know why, but I already had it open at
>> the time) and the complete book is in Press format. I
>> did that because the book is so huge, I couldn't get
>> it to load completly. I eventually just split it into
>> two parts and took it that way.
>>
>> Unfortunatly, the underground book in the complete
>> format cannot be viewed as a true Newton book. The
>> reader is built in and it can only be used as is. The
>> advantage is that you can change the font to what ever
>> you have installed and the book takes up the entire
>> screen, regardless of your Newt and orientation! The
>> bad part is that it is not indexed and you cannot save
>> bookmarks. But the book will pick up from where you
>> left off...but if you reset your Newt often, it will
>> loose your space.
>> Ed
>> web/gadget guru
>> come and see my Newt on the web (well, mostly) at:
>> http://65.84.243.167
>
Hmm, :) Well in my experances, just make the bold changes/italic changes in
the text and copy + paste it into newton press.. It's easy. Book Maker is
the one where you use .dot commands.
-Chris
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