Re: Absence of FrameMaker from your skill set -- what does it say?

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

FrameMaker paired with MIF2Go is a great tool for single-sourcing
online help and PDF, though if I were starting from scratch I'd
probably use XMetal.

XMetal felt like a step backwards to me, since the tag-display UI was
scavenged from WordPerfect, and I never expected to see that again.

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Pro TechWriter<pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> ... honestly, most of the documentation I have
> done in the last 10 years has been for online help. So, online help tools
> have been what I used, from RoboHelp to MadCap Flare to AuthorIT. Now, my
> tools are used to create XML output, so I am using XMetal. So, for me, Frame
> would seem like a step backwards for online use. ...
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