Re: Automating a letter module style

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 12:10 PM 11/25/2002 -0500, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

>On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 11:58 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>>a user interface to processing tex docs, based on pdf, controlled by a 
>>tex-applet; think of entering your letter text and data in a form, 
>>pushing a button and getting a letter back (this is just one application, 
>>we also use it to make enveloppes and alike); click and point layout 
>>options, etc; works quite well; to tease you again, this is just part of 
>>a bigger game -)
>
>Hmm...interesting indeed!  Just to prod a bit more, though, what kind of 
>UI, and entered into what kind "form"?  I won't ask about the "bigger game" :-)

i let tex generate a document with fields that a user can fill in; that way 
you get a platform independent interface; the submits this data to a 
servlet, which, based on the embedded request, takes some action; after a 
while a pdf doc is send back; the document is (yet) coded in tex (rather 
high level interface macros), the request specific scripts are coded in xml 
as is the whole environment in which this takes place; communication takes 
place in xml as well.

[i may add an xml user interface to the tex part as well, when i'm in the mood]

>This may or may not be relevant, but any chance as you work on this stuff 
>XML might enter the picture as an alternate coding approach?

xml already has entered the picture since we use it for processing tex and 
xml docs

Hans

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