[Bf-docboard] Bf-docboard Digest, Vol 106, Issue 13

Sun Dec 29 23:54:32 CET 2013

Hello Dirk,
it!s very helpfull idea to use latex on the transposition way to pdf. I 
would like know more about it.

I have (for Czech translated pages what I am doing whole year :-/ not done 
yet) these experiences (I use a set of free tools only):

- wkhtmltopdf.exe tool - is easy, but only for one page, e.g. one chapter. 
Not usable here.

- wget with pictures - ok, but it get whole HTML page only...

I program in C very primitive and small "extracting" program. Here is its 
functionality:

1) take a clear HTML file (just downloaded via wget connand, example: wget 
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modeling/Objects

2)   separate from this file only "body", e.g. from comment 

        .....<!-- START content -->

<div id="PDF-start"></div>...

 to end of information mass:

        .....</div></div>...

        .....<!-- END content -->

3) save it as a file_xxx.blk file

Than I am using classcis batch bat  file for all chapters which I need to 
transpose into PDF (e.g. couple of czech pages...)

bat file is very simple:

      type new-header.html > final.html

      type  file_capt01.blk >>  final.html

      . . .

      type  file_capt01.blk >>  final.html

      type new-footer.html > final.html

4) use any conversion tool to create final.pdf from final.html

This  semimanual method has one advantage: I am absolutely free, I can 
destille any chapter(s) and finally to "any" format (I use PDF with A4 pages
as a "standard", or A5 for my Andriod tablet...

Advantage: absolute technical and typography (!) control of "printing" 
process, no advertise, ability to "print" definet set of chapters.. and so 
on.
Disadvantage: manual work (e.g. manual composition of chapters - the main 
amount of work).
-- 
Mirek Kučera
Quark66 (wikiblend context)
Czech Republic

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Od: Dirk Hünniger <dirk.hunniger at googlemail.com>
Datum: 28. 12. 2013
Předmět: [Bf-docboard] PDF Version of Manual
Hello,
I am interested in making a PDF version of the current Blender Manual. I 
already made one for the old one which is hosted on wikibooks.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf

I tested my tool on the blender wiki and found out I can generate PDFs. 
So the question is: Would you like that? And the second question is, is 
your content quite stable, since it will take me a full week to make the 
PDF it would not make much sense to redo the job soon. Stable means to 
me that the template definitions in the wiki don't change much anymore, 
since I need to take care of each of them manuelly in order to get the 
best possible results, and this accounts for 90% of the time I need to 
spend for making the PDF.
Yours Dirk

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Od: m.ardito <ardito at apiform.to.it>
Datum: 28. 12. 2013
Předmět: Re: [Bf-docboard] PDF Version of Manual

hi I already do a pdf version updated monthly, with a faster method, 
completely automated. it takes less than 1 hour so for sure it could be far 
from optimal.

see http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads
(http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads) 

you could add your version too...

Marco

"Dirk Hünniger" <dirk.hunniger at googlemail.com> ha scritto:" 
Hello, I am interested in making a PDF version of the current Blender Manual. I already made one for the old one which is hosted on wikibooks. <a href='https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro'>https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro</a> <a href='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf'>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf</a> I tested my tool on the blender wiki and found out I can generate PDFs. So the question is: Would you like that? And the second question is, is your content quite stable, since it will take me a full week to make the PDF it would not make much sense to redo the job soon. Stable means to me that the template definitions in the wiki don't change much anymore, since I need to take care of each of them manuelly in order to get the best possible results, and this
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Od: Dirk Hünniger <dirk.hunniger at googlemail.com>
Datum: 28. 12. 2013
Předmět: Re: [Bf-docboard] PDF Version of Manual

Hi,
Well then my job is not that much needed here. I also got a fully automatted
mode. The only problem is that the templates don't look fancy. But since you
rebuild once a month it is not feasable to me to do that when implementing 
templates manueally. If you got an automatted build process you still could 
build my fully automatted version too. The latest package I put into debian 
does work with your wiki. You can get it here

http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/mediawiki2latex
(http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/mediawiki2latex)

You can call it like this

mediawiki2latex -u http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/
Introduction(http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction) 
-o output.pdf

I currently don't do autobuilds anywhere and I am not planning to do so. So 
for now the debian package is the only thing I can offer you. If you once 
reach a state where you documenation does not change rapidly anymore I will 
be happy to make one version and update it every two years.
Yours Dirk

On 28.12.2013 16:44, m.ardito wrote:

"hi I already do a pdf version updated monthly, with a faster method, 
completely automated. it takes less than 1 hour so for sure it could be far 
from optimal.

see http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads
(http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads) 

you could add your version too...

Marco

"Dirk Hünniger" <dirk.hunniger at googlemail.com>
(mailto:dirk.hunniger at googlemail.com) ha scritto: " 
Hello,
I am interested in making a PDF version of the current Blender Manual. I 
already made one for the old one which is hosted on wikibooks.

<a href='https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro'>https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro</a>
<a href='https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf'>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf</a>

I tested my tool on the blender wiki and found out I can generate PDFs. 
So the question is: Would you like that? And the second question is, is 
your content quite stable, since it will take me a full week to make the 
PDF it would not make much sense to redo the job soon. Stable means to 
me that the template definitions in the wiki don't change much anymore, 
since I need to take care of each of them manuelly in order to get the 
best possible results, and this
accounts for 90% of the time I need to 
spend for making the PDF.
Yours Dirk
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