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1 Hello,
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3 I've written a new version (5.4) of my html package for the XEmacs
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4 and the GNU Emacs 19. The name of the package is:
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6 hm--html-menus-5.4.tar.gz
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8 With this package it is very easy to write html pages for the World Wide
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9 Web (WWW). Eg: In most cases the user gets help to construct a specific
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10 link by examples or by a completition list with possible input strings.
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11 It is also possible to insert links and images by just clicking on its
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12 source and destination (drag and drop feature).
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14 The biggest new features compared with release 5.0 are:
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15 - commands to insert all elements, which are used by HTML 3.2.
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16 - a better drag and drop interface to insert links with the mouse
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17 - help feature for the drag and drop commands
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18 - there's now also a default drag and drop table for other modes
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19 - a better interface for inserting template files
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20 - indentation
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21 - better font lock stuff
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22 - a site specific configuration file
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23 (look at the variable hm--html-site-config-file)
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24 - a better syntax table from Bob Weiner
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25 - a lot of bug fixes
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26 Read the NEWS file to see news in detail...
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28 You should find hm--html-menus-5.4.tar.gz on the following ftp server:
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29 sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/apps/editors/emacs/
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30 ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de in /pub/editors/xemacs/contrib
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32 It may take some time, before the package is copied by the ftp admins
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33 from the incoming directories to the above listed directories.
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35 There is also a html documentation about the package. You can find it on:
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36 http://www.tnt.uni-hannover.de/~muenkel/software/own/hm--html-menus/overview.html
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38 This package provides also a minor mode (hm--html-minor-mode), which
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39 can be used together with another html major mode, like the psgml-html
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40 mode in the XEmacs 19.14.
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42 NOTE: This version is not tested with the Emacs 19. One of the next
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43 releases in the near future will be a bug fix only release for the
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44 Emacs 19. So please report any bugs to muenkel@tnt.uni-hannover.de.
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46 The package provides functions to insert the following stuff in html-pages:
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47 1. Anchors:
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48 relative links, general link;
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49 html link, info link, gopher link, file link;
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50 ftp link, news link, mail link, wais (direct) link,
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51 wais (gateway) link;
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52 proggate link, local proggate link,
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53 link target;
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54 2. Frame elements:
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55 full html frame with doctype, html, head, body, title,
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56 header and signature elements or only the single elements;
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57 meta, isindex, link and base element;
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58 html 'created'- and 'changed'- comments;
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59 the current date in the title;
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60 3. Structure elements:
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61 menu or list item, menu, unordered list, ordered list, directory list;
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62 description list, description title, description entry;
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63 new paragraph, new line, horizontal rule, document division,
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64 table, table title, table header, table row, table entry;
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65 4. for formatting paragraphs:
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66 without links, with links, blockquote, listing, abstract;
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67 basefont, font, center;
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68 5. formatting:
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69 bold, italic, underline, typewriter, strikethru, super and subscript,
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70 emphasized, strong, small, big,
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71 definition, keyboard, variable, code, sample, citation,
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72 html comment;
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73 6. include:
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74 top aligned image, middle aligned image, bottom aligned image;
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75 general image element, map, area and all together;
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76 applet, parameter;
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77 7. forms:
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78 form;
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79 text, password, isindex, integer, float, date, url, scribble fields;
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80 checkbox, radio, reset, image, audio and submit buttons;
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81 option menus, scrolled lists and option entries;
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82 textarea;
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83 8. entities:
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84 most of the special ISO- characters, less, greater and ampersand;
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86 If it makes sense, the functions worked also on selected regions.
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87 I've used the same menu items and the same keystrokes. Therefore, you
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88 don't need to learn different menus or keys for similar functions.
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90 You can choose the popup menus between an expert menu and an novice
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91 menu interactively.
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93 With the pulldown menu, you can do the following things:
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94 - select the popup menu
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95 - start a drag and drop command
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96 - get help on a drag and drop command
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97 - remove numeric names
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98 - quotify hrefs
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99 - reload the config files
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100 - load html templates from a template directory (two templates are included
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101 in the package); templates written in a special template language are
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102 expanded automatically;
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103 - preview html documents with the netscape
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104 - preview html documents with the xmosaic
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105 - preview html documents with the w3 package for the XEmacs and emacs
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107 You can insert links and images by clicking with Meta Button1 on its
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108 source and then on its destination. For this drag and drop interface
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109 the following destinations and links are supported:
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110 - the inclusion of an GIF- or JPEG- image by clicking on its name
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111 in a dired buffer
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112 - a file or relative link to any other file by clicking on its name
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113 in a dired buffer
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114 - a file or relative link to a directory by clicking on a line without
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115 a filename in the dired buffer
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116 - a file or relative link to a file by clicking in a buffer with this
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117 file
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118 - a http or relative link to a html page by clicking in the w3 buffer,
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119 which displays this page
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120 - a http or relative link, which is in another html page by clicking
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121 on the link in a w3 buffer
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122 If there is an activated region in the source buffer, then the link
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123 is inserted around it, so that the region is used as the name of the
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124 link.
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126 You can configure the html mode with a special configuration file for
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127 your site and with another file specific for a user.
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129 The html specification is under development and therefore this
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130 package is also under development. So, if you have any ideas to
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131 extend the package, feel free to email them to
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132 muenkel@tnt.uni-hannover.de.
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135 Heiko
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