<html><body>Hello Dirk,<div>it!s very helpfull idea to use latex on the transposition way to pdf. I would like know more about it.</div><div>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):</div><div>- wkhtmltopdf.exe tool - is easy, but only for one page, e.g. one chapter. Not usable here.</div><div>- wget with pictures - ok, but it get whole HTML page only...</div><div><br></div><div>I program in C very primitive and small "extracting" program. Here is its functionality:</div><div>1) take a clear HTML file (just downloaded via wget connand, example: <span style="line-height: 1.3;">wget http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modeling/Objects</span></div><div>2) separate from this file only "body", e.g. from comment </div><div><div> .....<!-- START content --></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><div id="PDF-start"></div>...</div></div><div> to end of information mass:</div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> .....</span></div></div>...</div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> .....</span><!-- END content --><br></div><div>3) save it as a file_xxx.blk file</div><div>Than I am using classcis batch bat file for all chapters which I need to transpose into PDF (e.g. couple of czech pages...)</div><div>bat file is very simple:</div><div> type new-header.html > final.html</div><div> type <span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;">file_capt01.blk >> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;">final.html</span><br></div><div><div> . . .<br></div></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> type </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;">file_capt01.blk >> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.3;">final.html</span><br></div><div> type new-footer.html > final.html</div><div>4) use any conversion tool to create final.pdf from final.html</div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.3;">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...</span><br></div><div>Advantage: absolute technical and typography (!) control of "printing" process, no advertise, ability to "print" definet set of chapters.. and so on.<br>Disadvantage: manual work (e.g. manual composition of chapters - the main amount of work).<br>-- <br> Mirek Kučera<br>Quark66 (wikiblend context)<br><span style="line-height: 1.3;">Czech Republic</span><br><br><p>---------- Původní zpráva ----------<br>Od: bf-docboard-request@blender.org<br>Datum: 29. 12. 2013<br>Předmět: Bf-docboard Digest, Vol 106, Issue 13</p><br><blockquote>Send Bf-docboard mailing list submissions to<br> bf-docboard@blender.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-docboard<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> bf-docboard-request@blender.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> bf-docboard-owner@blender.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Bf-docboard digest..."<br><p>---------- Původní zpráva ----------<br>Od: Dirk Hünniger <dirk.hunniger@googlemail.com><br>Datum: 28. 12. 2013<br>Předmět: [Bf-docboard] PDF Version of Manual</p>Hello,<br>I am interested in making a PDF version of the current Blender Manual. I <br>already made one for the old one which is hosted on wikibooks.<br><br>https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro<br>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf<br><br>I tested my tool on the blender wiki and found out I can generate PDFs. <br>So the question is: Would you like that? And the second question is, is <br>your content quite stable, since it will take me a full week to make the <br>PDF it would not make much sense to redo the job soon. Stable means to <br>me that the template definitions in the wiki don't change much anymore, <br>since I need to take care of each of them manuelly in order to get the <br>best possible results, and this accounts for 90% of the time I need to <br>spend for making the PDF.<br>Yours Dirk<br><p>---------- Původní zpráva ----------<br>Od: m.ardito <ardito@apiform.to.it><br>Datum: 28. 12. 2013<br>Předmět: Re: [Bf-docboard] PDF Version of Manual</p><div>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.<br>
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see <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads</a> <br>
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you could add your version too...<br>
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Marco<br><br><div>"Dirk Hünniger" <dirk.hunniger@googlemail.com> ha scritto:<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre>Hello,<br>I am interested in making a PDF version of the current Blender Manual. I <br>already made one for the old one which is hosted on wikibooks.<br><br><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro">https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro</a><br><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/BlenderDocumentation.pdf</a><br><br>I tested my tool on the blender wiki and found out I can generate PDFs. <br>So the question is: Would you like that? And the second question is, is <br>your content quite stable, since it will take me a full week to make the <br>PDF it would not make much sense to redo the job soon. Stable means to <br>me that the template definitions in the wiki don't change much anymore, <br>since I need to take care of each of them manuelly in order to get the <br>best possible results, and this
accounts for 90% of the time I need to <br>spend for making the PDF.<br>Yours Dirk<br><hr><br>Bf-docboard mailing list<br>Bf-docboard@blender.org<br><a href="http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-docboard">http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-docboard</a><br><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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<br>
<br>
<a href="http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/mediawiki2latex">http://packages.debian.org/de/sid/mediawiki2latex</a><br>
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You can call it like this<br>
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mediawiki2latex -u
<a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction</a> -o
output.pdf<br>
<br>
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.<br>
Yours Dirk<br>
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On 28.12.2013 16:44, m.ardito wrote:<br>
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<blockquote>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.<br>
<br>
see <a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Introduction/Downloads</a>
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<br>
you could add your version too...<br>
<br>
Marco<br>
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<div>"Dirk Hünniger"
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padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre>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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