Re: Ada Reference Manual 2012 in info format

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote in message 
news:82d36bgcrz.fsf@stephe-leake.org...
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>> tables, figure, graphics, etc..
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> None of those appear in the current ARM; why are they needed?

Actually, the RM has a number of tables in Annex F and G; these are the most 
complex things to do. The HTML is correct, and the RTF works with specific 
versions of Microsoft Word, but nothing else (suggesting that it is not 
right in some subtle way, but I don't know what).

Arm_Form also supports .PNG and .JPEG graphics, we needed that for the ASIS 
standard. It only supports those formats because those are the only ones 
that are native to RTF. (Probably most people don't know that Microsoft Word 
converts almost all graphics to .PNG internally.)

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> arm_form was written for a very specific purpose; to format the various
> versions of the ARM. It could be used for similar docs, such as the C++
> standard (although the code might object :). There is no need for a
> general purpose document prep system for the ARM.

And it has been: the ASIS standard, two versions of the Ada Rationale, and 
most of RR's documentation. (That's why I added the .MSM file to describe 
the document; originally the program could only produce the RM, which was 
rather limiting.)

                                       Randy.