Re: d-i manual in convient format
On Sat 20 Oct 2012 at 10:17:19 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > >Download the text version. Edit to remove unwanted material, Convert to > >to html with txt2html. > > Chuckle. > My critical requirement was "single page". I mentioned "html" only > because all the Debian docs I've seen are in html and I've seen web > based documentation whose default was similar to the d-i manual but > offered an alternate URL for a single page version. It's likely that > at some point I would have converted the html version to plain text > ;) Competition time! Spot the superfluous adjective in the important requirement. > In particular I am looking for "Appendix B. Automating the > installation using preseeding" as a single html file. First prize: A week's intensive mind reading course conducted by one of the world's leading psychics. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121020173623.GJ26295@desktop
Re: d-i manual in convient format
Brian wrote: On Sat 20 Oct 2012 at 07:28:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Brian wrote: About 460 KB. Not one page. But does it really matter? Yes, it matters. Otherwise I would have not specified "single page". If "one size fit all", we would all bow down at the altar of microsoft or canonical ;/ You're a hard taskmaster. :) You should hear what friends, family, and some professors have said since the 1940's ;! Do-it-yourself is the ultimate way of avoiding dimensional worship. Why else would I want to use Debian rather than Ubuntu/Windows. Download the text version. Edit to remove unwanted material, Convert to to html with txt2html. Chuckle. My critical requirement was "single page". I mentioned "html" only because all the Debian docs I've seen are in html and I've seen web based documentation whose default was similar to the d-i manual but offered an alternate URL for a single page version. It's likely that at some point I would have converted the html version to plain text ;) Comment aimed at future readers: The d-i manual is available in HTML, PDF, and plane text - q.v. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual Information on txt2html available at http://txt2html.sourceforge.net/. Check out the lined examples. I has some interesting possibilities. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5082c07f.1040...@cloud85.net
Re: d-i manual in convient format
On Sat 20 Oct 2012 at 07:28:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > >About 460 KB. Not one page. But does it really matter? > > Yes, it matters. Otherwise I would have not specified "single page". > If "one size fit all", we would all bow down at the altar of > microsoft or canonical ;/ You're a hard taskmaster. :) Do-it-yourself is the ultimate way of avoiding dimensional worship. Download the text version. Edit to remove unwanted material, Convert to to html with txt2html. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121020130905.GI26295@desktop
Re: d-i manual in convient format
Brian wrote: On Fri 19 Oct 2012 at 12:53:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: In particular I am looking for "Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding" as a single html file. As I'm on dial-up, a local copy would be very convenient. wget -r -np -nH http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apb.html.en Besides not meeting specification, it would not be a viable option for a few months. About 460 KB. Not one page. But does it really matter? Yes, it matters. Otherwise I would have not specified "single page". If "one size fit all", we would all bow down at the altar of microsoft or canonical ;/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/508298eb.90...@cloud85.net
Re: d-i manual in convient format
On Fri 19 Oct 2012 at 12:53:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > In particular I am looking for "Appendix B. Automating the > installation using preseeding" as a single html file. > As I'm on dial-up, a local copy would be very convenient. wget -r -np -nH http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apb.html.en About 460 KB. Not one page. But does it really matter? The whote Guide in text is abot 400 KB. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121019183246.GF26295@desktop
