[Bf-docboard] Conversion of wiki to pdf

[Selso DaSilva]

On 12/30/05, Selso DaSilva <selsok at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Funny I was going suggest something similar.
> I recently found this for my zarus http://bedic.sourceforge.net/
> and now I have a copy of wikipedia on my zarus without being online.
>
> The Idea I had was to reduce the overhead of printing a book
> each time a new feature comes out.
>
> The  wiki  would  be  copied to a usb/firewire Flash drive (thumb drive),
> and sold at the blender eshop and for two years, people who purchase
> the thumb drives could download updates.
>
> Remeber they could always view it online for free.
>
> Why would people buy this
> 1st The version on the thumb drives would be formatted to give
> perfect 8.5" x 11" (us letter) prints , with a margin of  .3 - .5
>
> 2nd All images and screen shots would be hi res 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768
>
> 3rd This allows for the use of the Help Menu in blender when you are
> offline
> and it could incoorparate a active search help system. ( in the long run
> put video tutorial on them)
>
> What is the benifit to the blender foundation (Bf)
> 1st It save on printing cost for Bf ( and save paper)
>
> 2nd After the two years people would  pay $15 - $50 USD to renew the
> service.
> example - $15 for 1 years, $ 25 for two years, $50 for 5years.
>
> 3rd Because all that needed is the flash drive and the converted wiki, the
> overhead
> cost would be minamal compaired to making a new book each time.
>
>
> So this is my Idea
> I would try to help the best way I can
> I would prefer the firewire flash drive
> http://www.kanguru.com/fireflash.html because
> USB on GNU/Linux works but firewire works better.
>
>
>
>
> On 12/30/05, Nathan Letwory <jesterking at letwory.net> wrote:
> >
> > When scouring over the net for valuable information to digest I happened
> > to stumble over http://www.hula-project.org/Wiki_Conversion . Might be
> > of
> > interest for us too. This message is to archive the link, so it doesn't
> > get lost in my personal /dev/null
> >
> > /Nathan
> >
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