Benjamin
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Post by Benjamin on Dec 14, 2023 6:59:25 GMT -5
My question is about producing technical documents. In the Unix/Linux world, they have Troff/Groff, which was used at Bell Labs. Many academics today are using TeX, or LaTeX, which was invented by Donald Knuth. Does the IBM Mainframe world have its own system for preparing technical documents? If they do, then what's it called, and how does it work (Troff and TeX work like a markup language which is then "compiled" into a document...not WISYWIG, but "You asked for it, you got it!)?
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Post by George on Dec 14, 2023 9:27:50 GMT -5
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Benjamin
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Post by Benjamin on Dec 14, 2023 9:39:19 GMT -5
Cool! I'll check it OUT!
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Post by Robert on Dec 14, 2023 9:39:27 GMT -5
I *think* there was a documentation markup script that was associated with ISPF, but it's been so .... long since I have seen it, and I didn't know any co-workers that used it. Either people just used plain text files or else they would use MS Word.
Actually, for documentation, you could try HelpnDoc, the software that SPFLite uses for its Help system. You can get a fully-functional version for free, although it inserts promotional comments at the end of each page. If you look at the SPFLite Help, you will see that; it's not all that intrusive.
The website is helpndoc.com
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Benjamin
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Post by Benjamin on Dec 14, 2023 11:12:11 GMT -5
Oh, that's good to know. I could definitely use that program in the future. Thanks!
Benjamin
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