-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 02:45 PM 9/17/2005, you wrote:
it won't be long at all before you have examples right in front of you of what i've said all along: plain-text files, done right, can be your "master", generating all the other formats your users want.
this bears on the d.v.d. issue, because it means that you won't need to include anything but the plain-text files and the pictures, for most e-texts.
The future will undoubtedly make the inclusion of multiple formats unnecessary. But for the moment, I'm more concerned with the present.
there is one problem that still stands in the way: your plain-text files are _not_ being "done right".
for the most part, they are very close, but there is one huge exception. your plain-text files do not have any indication of which picture-file is included where.
it is typical to mark the spot of an illustration with:
[illustration: this is the caption of the picture.]
but if you look at that, you'll see that -- although it nicely tells users that "a picture goes right here" -- it doesn't tell them _the_filename_ of that picture!
You make a good point. However, when there is only one picture it doesn't make much sense. When there are multiple pictures, then I agree. The file names should be referenced in the text, if the picture is in fact referenced at all. For an example of this, check out the BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler. As I recall, the file names are in the text file. I'll allow others to reply to the rest of your message if they wish. It's currently beyond my sphere of work and interest. Sincerely aaron Cannon - -- E-mail: cannona@fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona@hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) - GPGrelay v0.959 Comment: Key available from all major key servers. iD8DBQFDLHpyI7J99hVZuJcRAlSTAKCI43ZeWCRRp/KvNjA0PYEnHwfuAgCgzwnx 9H6asZqz47B759X/jmNjj5Q= =vp7w -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----