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
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