If you spec it I'll code it

Post #426,470 by crazy 11/28/18 1:42:14 PM 11/28/18 1:42:14 PM Reply	If you spec it I'll code it Given x rules I can probably come up with a conversion script. I'd consider it an honor, your pages are an incredible reference for me.
Post #426,505 by scoenye 11/29/18 7:33:26 PM 11/29/18 7:33:26 PM Reply	That can be fickle HTML is notoriously hard to convert wholesale without knowing the structure of the pages. The optional closing tags alone can be great source of fun. Stripping things that can be set on the BODY styling is not too hard, but anything deeper in can be painful. (But overall, the work is worth it. I have never regretted converting a table based layout to CSS.)
Post #426,520 by crazy 11/29/18 10:38:49 PM 11/29/18 10:38:49 PM Reply	I'm aware I would never attempt a full html parser. But I've done enough screen scraping to hope (which is not a stategy) that his site is predictable enough to do a scripted conversion. But no response so far so who knows?
Post #426,530 by Andrew Grygus 11/30/18 11:04:02 AM 11/30/18 11:04:02 AM Reply	I have thought about this extensively. I was thinking perhaps the enlarged picture pages could be automated, but even there there are some that are somewhat different and some that are radically different. The rest of the pages need extensive work, and their consistency is more an illusion than a fact. While they descend one from another, each is changed in subtle or radical ways to serve an exact purpose. Besides, I've found it very useful to edit by hand, as it forces me to systematically revisit pages that haven't been touched for 10 to 12 years, and bring them up to standards, mine and the W3C's. Fortunately, this is a chronic problem, not an acute problem, as Web browsers will correctly interpret the pages probably for around 8 years. Anything new or modified I submit to the W3C Validator will be updated. In any case, I appreciate the offers, and will keep them in mind. Thanks.
Post #426,532 by crazy 11/30/18 1:20:51 PM 11/30/18 1:20:51 PM Reply	Ok, please let me know If I can handle 80% (random bs number) at least it allows you to focus on the remaining. Keep in mind non perl programmers are often shocked at what a decent perl programmer can do when dealing with "natural" language. If you can envision it, it is probable that I can code it, no matter how complex you think it is.

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