Blimey! is what I want to do so specialised that it doesn't warrant a --doctype pamphlet
feature? Its a shame that asciidoc assumes that I am writing a book, but then again I suppose that is what it was designed for. On Mar 19, 8:53 pm, Mark Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Giles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was wondering is it possible to generate a 1 page pdf file from my > >> curriculum vitae located here: > [....] > >> I tried to use a2x , but I don't want to generate a cover page, or > >> Table of Contents > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Cameron Eagans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why not just print to PDF from the one that's generated by a2x? You > > can just selectively include pages that way. > > How much time have you got? :) > > The quickest way I suggest is to do as Cameron says and only print the > pages you want. Another option is to use pdftk to cut out pages you > do not want electronically and then print the ones that remain. > > http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ > > Mind you, either printing, or electronic page removal do not change > the page numbers (should you need to have page numbers included), so > page numbers are always wrong and so on. Also the title page may not > appear they way you want it to. > > Another option is to convert the txt to docbook and open the docbook > XML file in a word processor like OpenOffice. This eases some of the > transition pain caused by the other approaches but this solution, too, > can be unwieldy in other aspects like why should one need to use a > word processor in the first place. > > A final solution that I can recommend is to convert the txt file to > tex (LaTeX) and then apply a style file to get the PDF the way you > want it to display. The trouble with this approach is now you are left > fiddling with LaTeX and TeX, which can consume copious amounts of your > time. > > A solution that I have not explored is to fiddle around with FOP > settings to display the page the way you want to. I am not aware of > how to do that so I cannot help you much there, hopefully someone else > will be able to fill in those gaps for you. > > Good Luck, you are going to need it. :) > > Mark. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en.
