FrameMaker
Localization and FrameMaker
"Localization and FrameMaker" (pdf): insights and guidance on preparing for localization, choosing vendors, understanding the localization process, and antic...
June 07, 2006
tables always a special kind
I though I need several minutes to write a FrameMaker script. Script had to change font size in a block of text. What could be simplier? Unfortunately, globa...
December 28, 2005
problematic code points in FrameMaker
Superior comment from Stefan Gentz (TRACOM).
Here you go with a list of characters that are *not* possible with FrameMaker (as long as you don't use any pat...
September 14, 2005
Structured FrameMaker bug with insets
It seems that text format rules, which are defined in a FrameMaker EDD, are lost when updating text insets.
Open "test.fm". Text "some text" is bold.
Click ...
September 02, 2005
InsetPlus, Structure Tools
Russ Ward (West Street Consulting) have announced a beta version of InsetPlus, a FrameMaker plugin for managing documents that consist of reusable text modul...
September 01, 2005
I’m not gready
I like Kynosarges' comment on the Tree Help Plugin for Structured FrameMaker.
Another software nugget for users of Structured FrameMaker: DataHansa's Tree ...
August 25, 2005
descriptions of the Tree Help plugin
This auxiliary entry is reserved for collecting descriptions of the Tree Help Plugin for Structured FrameMaker.
My own
link. Checked 25 August 2005.
In the ...
August 25, 2005
MIFML
I've got feedback from Scott Prentice on recently released Tree Help plugin for FrameMaker. He has added the plugin to his leximation.com tools database. But...
August 02, 2005
Tree Help plugin is released
I've released Tree Help plugin for FrameMaker as shareware. I don't expect much (if any) income, but I have a vague feeling of usefulness of releasing the pl...
August 02, 2005
Tree Help plugin for the Structured FrameMaker
Sometimes I write texts for the Structured FrameMaker, sometimes I solve problems and support solutions for this program. My productivity is increased after ...
June 24, 2005
Generative XML in FrameMaker
One of the use cases for XPath over legacy data is structured FrameMaker (FrameMaker+SGML). The structure is in fact XML, that's good. But the only interface...
April 20, 2005
slovakian ť in FrameMaker
Unfortunately, Slovakian letter ť (latin small letter t with caron) is not supported by FrameMaker.
At first, I thought it was a problem with so-calle...
April 04, 2005
nasty FrameMaker or FrameScript behaviour
Recently I got a complaint from an user that my FrameScript code did not work. Understanding the problem was a valuable experience.
The code does the follo...
March 28, 2005
one year of a bug
A year ago I wrote a script for managing reusable components in FrameMaker. It has being expensively used. Saying more, it's a core of a new workflow.
Recent...
March 17, 2005
Making FM menus
It's hard to create menu scripts for FrameMaker, even with help of FrameScript because there are a lot of details. So several months ago I wrote a generator ...
March 11, 2005