Does any docbook conversion support typesetting or am I back to latex? I meant quarto, I have binding & shearing although I feel like Ben Franklin sometimes.
The handbook is quite handy. Tedc On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:48 AM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR < [email protected]> wrote: > i would hazard that content is more important than 'ease of use'. it > really doesnt matter if you can carry the manual with you if it doesnt > provide any useful help. > > there is nothing to prevent the current docbook from being rendered > into "quarto" (i suspect you meant folio since quarto would be hard to > use without cutting and binding). you could just do it by simply > post-processing the .pdf with pdfnup. if you feel there is something > specific missing, please open a bug. i know we are currently missing > an index for the manual pages -- it got lost in the conversion. > > we also have .epub and .mobi (kindle) versions of the manuals available > (generated from the same docbook/pod that is generating the .pdf > and .html) for those that have moved beyond the whole dead trees thing. > > On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:51:39 -0800 > Ted Creedon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Its not the docs content, just the formatting and ease of use. > > > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Jeffrey Altman < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 12/22/2011 8:54 PM, David Boyes wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> 1. Recreated the IBM format including hyperlinks, appendix, > permuted > > > >>> index, > > > >>> Etc > > > > > > > > I have the original doc tools used to create the IBM docs, and the > > > ability > > > > to produce and translate the .boo files. These tools can > automagically do > > > > the above if asked. > > > > > > All of our documentation is now in Docbook. They include hyperlinks, > > > the appendix, index, etc. The original IBM docs are of little interest > > > in 2011. > > > > > > Jeffrey Altman > > > > > > > >
