[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: splitting large html files?
fredjame
fredjame at concentric.net
Sat Nov 8 12:04:30 CST 2003
Lance Simmons wrote:
>* fredjame <fredjame at concentric.net> [031108 10:21]:
>
>
>>What for? What is the purpose, and how does it give advantage? I
>>suppose I am just dense, but ...
>>
>>
>
>When you're reading a large file, such as a novel from the Gutenberg
>Project, it's better for navigation purposes if it's broken down into
>smaller chunks, such as chapters. You can find your place again easily
>by bookmarking the page you were reading, whereas if you have one large
>html file, finding your place is a pain. Not to mention that a web
>browser running on very limited memory is more sluggish when scrolling
>through a 2M file than when scrolling through a small file.
>
>In any case, as I said, gnuhtml2latex followed by latex2html does an
>acceptable job of indexing and splitting html files, but it's hard to
>believe there's no way to do it more directly.
>
>
Oh (the light goes on). So, this gnuhtml2latex/latex2html, does it add
all the links and tags automatically, or something, while splitting the
file up?
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