Re: html document utility needed

> Organization: ChemWare, Inc.
> Keywords: 199411222054.AA23574

Hi Carl,

> I recently pulled down a bunch of files having to do with netcdf. There
> appears to be a nifty document in the batch of files. The problem is, I
> haven't been able to find a document to tell me what utility to run against
> the document files to get the formatting codes operated on. For example, the
> beginning of the file guide.txn_1.html looks like:
> 
> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.27
>      from guide.txn on 18 Febuary 1994 -->
>  
> <TITLE>NetCDF User's Guide - Foreword</TITLE>
> <P>Go to the <A HREF="guide.txn_2.html">next</A> section.<P>
> 
> But, I don't have the "tex" utility on my machine. Where can I find it? Is it
> public domain? If it matters, I'm working on an HP-UX machine.
> 
> Any assistance you can provide in this matter will be appreciated. Thanx in
> advance.

The original document guide.txn is available in a format known as "texinfo".
Here's a description from the Texinfo software distribution:

    "Texinfo" is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
    produce both on-line information and printed output.  Using Texinfo,
    you can create a printed document with the normal features of a book,
    including chapters, sections, cross references, and indices.  From the
    same Texinfo source file, you can create a menu-driven, on-line Info
    file with nodes, menus, cross references, and indices.

It goes on to tell how to print the result, using TeX, which is freely
available via anonymous FTP from numerous archive sites on the Internet.
The texinfo software is available via ftp from
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.1.tar.gz.

But you may not need that if all you want to do is to get a printed copy of
the netCDF User's Guide.  There are several ways to do this.  First, if you
have a PostScript printer, you could just download the compressed PostScript
version of the file (from ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/guide.ps.Z)
and print that.  It's also included in the netcdf.tar.Z distribution, so you
don't need both.

A second possibility is to use a World Wide Web browser such as Mosaic,
Netscape, Lynx, to directly view the HTML files and print from the the WWW
browser.  If you aim a WWW browser at

    www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/guide.txn_toc.html

you will see a formatted version of the hypertext document that you can
print directly.

A third possibility is to request that we send you a printed copy, which we
would be happy to do if you send us your address.

--
Russ Rew                                                UCAR Unidata Program
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http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/                          Boulder, CO 80307-3000