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Conference vaxuum::online_bookbuilding

Title:Online Bookbuilding
Notice:This conference is write-locked: see note 1.3.
Moderator:VAXUUM::UTT
Created:Fri Aug 12 1988
Last Modified:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:440
Total number of notes:2134

295.0. "ESDP LL for bookreader??." by SIXEL::HARRIS (Peggy Harris) Fri Mar 09 1990 11:05

	I'm not sure if this note would be more appropriate in the 
    	ESDP_EPUBS or DOCUMENT notes file.  So, if has already been 
    	addressed, please point me in the general direction...

	Has anyone done any work to convert the ESDP Lecture Lab (LL) 
	doc type to allow for bookreader output?  If not, can someone 
	give me an idea of how difficult this might be?  I'm not 
    	looking for final form, but just thought this might be an 
    	easier way to review my drafts, rather than to send so much 
    	paper to the printer.
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295.1Best bet is to ask in ESDP_EPUBS conferenceZAFTIK::GRANTI've saved $2377.00 since I quit smoking.Fri Mar 09 1990 13:155
I'm not aware of anyone who has done what you're looking for.  It probably won't
be too easy a job.
Try asking in the ESDP_EPUBS notes conference.

Wayne
295.2Can I make DOCUMENT ignore <STUD_PAGE> tags?SIXEL::HARRISPeggy HarrisFri Mar 09 1990 14:339
    I took my Lecture Lab module and did a couple of substitutions...  
    All of the <STUD_PAGE> tags were replaced with <PAGE>, all of the 
    <ENDSTUD_PAGE> tags were replaced with null, <INST_PAGE> with <PAGE>, 
    and <ENDINST_PAGE> with null.
    
    After this, the .SDML file built using ONLINE BOOKREADER.  So, is 
    there some easy way to just force VAX DOCUMENT to ignore these tags?  
    I noticed that it doesn't really care about <PAGE> tags anyway, as 
    it only keys on new topics.
295.3use <ifdef>CLOSET::UTTSat Mar 10 1990 08:5814
    I believe that Ed Services has done some work with online doctypes.
    Check with Roland Duprez, CDROM::DUPREZ -- he should be able to tell
    you something or point you to someone who can.
    
    As for ignoring tags, you can put the following sort of thing at
    the top of your source file or in a symbols file:
    
    <ifdef>(endinst_page\\|<define>(endinst_page\)&)
    
    For doctypes that don't recognize the <endinst_page> tag (such as
    the online one), <endinst_page> is null, that is, it will be ignored.
    For doctypes that do recognize the tag, it's business as usual.
    
    Mary
295.4this might interest youSUPER::HENDRICKSThe only way out is throughMon Mar 19 1990 19:3816
    I've written a course in a new format I designed that we are calling
    "Online Training" that uses the Bookreader.  This course is being
    bundled with the product it supports, and all customers will receive it
    when they purchase the software.
    
    I've also written a bunch of specialized conditional tags that allow
    the user to run it off in lecture/lab format for review copies (all the
    pop-up windows appear in the hard copy).  All figures are included in
    both .fse and .ps format, so the hard copies look pretty good.
    
    This does not include any instructor pages, but I imagine it could be
    done.  It is essentially a self paced course, but does not use the TBI
    format.  Our requirements were that it *not* look like documentation
    (lots of paragraphs), so I had to go off and be somewhat creative.
    
    Holly