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Subject:Re: Publishing tool for Linux environment needed From:Sandy Harris <sharris -at- dkl -dot- com> To:reni -at- intellitel -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:18:48 -0500
reni -at- intellitel -dot- com wrote:
> Does Framemaker has the capability to somehow automate the task with
> scripts, eg. when we deliver parts a,b,c and e (but not part d) to customer
> we also want to leave part d out from documentation since the customer
> doesn't need it.
Yes, I've done this with a bit of scripting on HP UX. Frame has a batch
mode in which it automatically does various things, and it supports "book"
files which include other files. I wrote a dozen or so sections, each as
a separate Frame file, and built four or five books from various
combinations of them, all automated by Unix 'make' calling batch-mode
Frame.
Most of it was quite straightforward, though as I recall there were some
tricky bits ensuring that TOC and indexes got regenerated correctly in
all cases.
