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Renate · 03-22-2026, 01:10 AM

I have no idea what people are saving and organizing.
There is something to be said for local static HTML pages served as file://, not http://
Of course you could also serve those pages up on an HTTP server.

I do my tech documentation in a single file that gets exploded into separate HTML pages.
What is in the file is stripped down HTML. For boring text it would just be <p>.
Yes, you can have multiple files too.
A TOC and index can get generated automatically, as well as navigation bars.
This approach lets you generate EPUBs or HtmlHelp (archaic Windows help) also.

This is all a bit arcane and requires a makefile to put everything together.
But maybe there's something here to give somebody ideas.

03-22-2026, 01:10 AM	#3557
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 4,417 Karma: 20878213 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Germany Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	I have no idea what people are saving and organizing. There is something to be said for local static HTML pages served as file://, not http:// Of course you could also serve those pages up on an HTTP server. I do my tech documentation in a single file that gets exploded into separate HTML pages. What is in the file is stripped down HTML. For boring text it would just be <p>. Yes, you can have multiple files too. A TOC and index can get generated automatically, as well as navigation bars. This approach lets you generate EPUBs or HtmlHelp (archaic Windows help) also. This is all a bit arcane and requires a makefile to put everything together. But maybe there's something here to give somebody ideas.