Can we use another option like using a command line tool like ( https://wkhtmltopdf.org/) to convert HTML docs for the problematic language to pdf? wkhtmltopdf is open source GPLv3 and available for debian stretch and buster. -my2cents -automata
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 21:22, N <nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> wrote: > 5... as an intermediate distribute pdf file for the problematic language, > Chinese but do not build problematic language as a default? > > > On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 at 20:10, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp <off...@klepp.biz> > wrote: > > > > > > I've made a deb with the HTML documentation of linuxcnc 2.8.0 > > > > I know that you were not suggesting that we remove the PDF docs, but I > > would like to expand the discussion in that direction. > > > > The current tool chain can not build docs in non-latin alphabets. For > > 2.8 we had a fairly big submission of Chinese docs. These render OK in > > HTML: > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/getting-started/updating-linuxcnc-cn.html > > but attempting to build a PDF leads to a build failure. > > > > A partial solution is to replace latex with xetex in the docs > > toolchain. However xetex is not available in Stretch. > > > > A neater solution might be to use asciidoctor-pdf which is a one-step > > process from asciidoc to pdf. It seems to work well (and with Chinese) > > but relies on Ruby >v2.3 which is only the default version on the > > newer OS versions. > > > > This is partly a buildbot issue. Do the docs that are distributed with > > the LinuxCNC version for a particular necessarily have to have been > > built with that OS? > > > > Options: > > 1) Keep things as they are, don't attempt to distribute a Chinese docs > package. > > 2) Abandon PDF, distribute docs as HTML in the docs package. > > 3) Use xetex to make PDFs, abandon PDF docs build on older OS versions. > > 4) Use asciidoctor-pdf to make PDFs, abandon building PDF docs on > > older OS version > > 5) ... > > > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
