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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Steven J Long |
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<slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Michael Mol wrote: |
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>> I'd like to have the Handbook in a format convenient for reading in |
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>> ebook readers. |
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>> Now, I know I could take the existing HTML files and convert them, but |
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>> I think it'd be nicer if I could get the handbook maintenance scripts |
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>> to automate a conversion process, and then I could download the epub. |
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>> Who would I talk to get something like that in the works? |
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> You'd talk to the Documentation project: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/index.xml |
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I'll poke at these this evening, probably. |
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> aiui most of the people listed there aren't that active outside their |
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> own area; for ages nightmorph had been under a load of pressure, until |
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> swift rejoined the project. |
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> See the bottom of the page for contact details; you'll most likely want to |
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> join their mailing list. There's also a link to understanding the pretty |
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> simple GuideXML used. (I have to say it's one of the few applications of |
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> XML I really like.) |
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>> (I've also got an idea about autogenerating, e.g. Android apps, so |
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>> that I could get up-to-date versions of the handbook on my phone and |
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>> tablet at all times. But I'd need to learn a bit more before I knew |
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>> how to autogenerate that.) |
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> Sounds good :-) If you need help with scripting there's the "Portage & |
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> Programming" forum, the gentoo-devhelp ML, #gentoo-dev-help (yes they're |
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> hyphenated differently) #bash and #awk, and ofc #friendly-coders on irc |
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> server: chat.freenode.net. IRC really is worth getting on to if you're not |
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> already online as it's _really_ easy to get expert help quickly (so long as |
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> you bear in mind it's all voluntary and shelter from the beasts in a |
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> friendly channel;) and practically all the devs are there in various places. |
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> #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-) |
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I'm on just under two dozen channels on Freenode right now. You'll |
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notice me as 'mikemol'. I'll add to my lurk set. :) |
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:wq |