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HTMLDOC 1.8.27 Software Users Manual
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History
Like many programs HTMLDOC was developed in response to a need our
company had for generating high-quality documentation in printed and
electronic forms. For a while we used FrameMaker® and a package from
sgi that generated "compiled" Standard Generalized Markup
Language ("SGML") files that could be used by the Electronic Book
Technologies ("EBT") documentation products; EBT was bought by INSO who
was bought by StellentTM who apparently has dropped the
whole product line. When sgi stopped supporting these
tools we turned to INSO, but the cost of their tools is prohibitive to
small businesses.
In the end we decided to write our own program to generate our documentation. HTML seemed to be the source format of choice since WYSIWYG HTML editors are widely (and freely) available and at worst you can use a plain text editor. We needed HTML output for documentation on our web server, PDF for customers to read and/or print from their computers, and PostScript for our own printing needs.
The result of our efforts is the HTMLDOC software which is available for Linux®/UNIX®, MacOS® X, and Microsoft® Windows®. Among other things, this software users manual is produced using HTMLDOC.
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