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Subject:Re: Frame to HTML: Way to preserve tabs? From:"Karen Koldyk" <kkoldyk -at- email -dot- fleming -dot- com> To:<susan-gallagher -at- vertel -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:20:03 -0600
Wish I'd read this properly earlier rather than scanning - how I got =
around this problem is with a similar solution as Susan, I moved the code =
samples to a separate document in Frame that did not have a tag with tabs. =
From there it was a simple matter of removing all the tabs and dropping =
the piece back into Frame. It will then convert to HTML quite smoothly. If =
you use a non-proportional font such as courier replacing the tabs with =
spaces works very well. I tend to use about a 9 point to get all the code =
in easily.
Karen Koldyk
SQA Tech. Writer
Fleming Companies Inc.
kkoldyk -at- email -dot- fleming -dot- com
>I've written a reference guide in FrameMaker that I then saved as HTML...
>The only problem is preserving tabs that I've used in code
>samples.
The problem isn't specific to Frame, it's an HTML thing. I convert
from Word to HTML and had to resolve the same problem.
To prepare code examples before converting to HTML, replace all tabs
with spaces *and* replace all hard returns with soft returns or newline
characters. On Windows platforms, the keystroke is shift+enter -- and
yes, this works just as well in Frame as it does in Word. (I've made a
macro for this 'cause I use it all the time!)
Once you've prepared the text as a single paragraph, you can use <pre>
tags and achieve the desired results without double spacing.
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