make-doc-pro (a.k.a MDP)
The work of make-doc-pro is based on the work of Carl Sassenrath from Rebol Technologies.
I have improved and extended the original make-doc idea in several aspects.
make-doc-pro was created to provide a portable, easy-to-edit format for all kind of documents.
The program was designed to convert a text with a simple markup format into XHTML. It's possible to add other output formats (such as PDF or REBOL/View).
The beauty of the format is that the text documents are quick to write, easy to handle and can be processed by scripts. Everything you can't do with a something like a Word document.
How does it work?
The input file is an ordinary text file. The layout within the text file isn't transformed to HTML layout, instead MDP uses a concept like LaTeX.
You don't use a WYSIWYG approach, you write the layout commands directly into the document using a simple markup syntax.
The to-be translated text file is specified to MDP in one of two ways:
1st: If you run the MDP program a file request will prompt you for the filename of the text file.
2nd: You can specify the text file as an argument to the MDP program. This allows you to use MDP from other programs.
The work of make-doc-pro is based on the work of Carl Sassenrath from Rebol Technologies.
I have improved and extended the original make-doc idea in several aspects.
make-doc-pro was created to provide a portable, easy-to-edit format for all kind of documents.
The program was designed to convert a text with a simple markup format into XHTML. It's possible to add other output formats (such as PDF or REBOL/View).
The beauty of the format is that the text documents are quick to write, easy to handle and can be processed by scripts. Everything you can't do with a something like a Word document.
How does it work?
The input file is an ordinary text file. The layout within the text file isn't transformed to HTML layout, instead MDP uses a concept like LaTeX.
You don't use a WYSIWYG approach, you write the layout commands directly into the document using a simple markup syntax.
The to-be translated text file is specified to MDP in one of two ways:
1st: If you run the MDP program a file request will prompt you for the filename of the text file.
2nd: You can specify the text file as an argument to the MDP program. This allows you to use MDP from other programs.