Subj : Re: Compiling text files
To   : John Dovey
From : Ragnarok
Date : Mon Jun 07 2021 01:24 pm

El 7/6/21 a las 01:16, John Dovey escribi¢:
> Hi,
> I know this is like putting a message in a bottle and expecting a return receipt but I figured I'd give it a go anyway.
> Here's the thing: Waaay back (in the 90s sometime) I used a nifty little utility called "David's Readme Compiler". What it did was to take a text file with some markup syntax that he invented and "Compile" that into an exe file. I'd like to do something similar now.
> Here are my thoughts/options, and any comment/help etc would be appreciated.
> 
> 1. I still have the 16 bit program which only runs in DosBox or equiv (If anyone is looking for it, the original file name is DRC20.ZIP. I have it in my file areas or could email/netmail to anyone who wants it
> 2. I have tried reaching out to David in NZ on his 1992 listed email addresses, with no luck so far.
> 3. If anyone has contact with David (Better known as the author of Pegasus Mail) and could pass me his current contact info, that would be fantastic.
> 4. If anyone has any ideas about how to even start recreating what the program did, I'd appreciate it. My thoughts on that have included:
> 4a. Using conio for the resulting interface.
> 4b Writing a "shell" in vb.net and/or Gambas which is then a sort of reader app. Not ideal.
> 
> I am looking at something like a compiled version of html or markup which stands alone. If anyone knows of anything similar, I'd love to hear about it.
> 
> As another thought, this is sort of similar to the CHM (Compiled help) files that used to be included with windows software created in a piece of MS softare called something like "MS Helpdesk" which has since vanished from the Microsoft site.
> 
> Help?
> 
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