[OpenAFS] Happy Holidays -- Another year in the life of OpenAFS

Ted Creedon tcreedon@easystreet.net
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:21:11 -0800


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Theres a lot more to the Latex coding, hyperlinks, footnotes, anchors for
page pointers, etc. but once its setup some perl scripts should do the
trick,

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com>wrote:

> Probably. I would be surprised if you couldn't do what you need. you would
> need the proper backend and stylesheet. I don't know enough docbook to say
> for certain.
>
> dblatex is a Docbook backend that converts docbook to latex. I suppose
> that you could set the paper size in docbook, convert to latex, and  set
> the quarto paper size in latex to get the proper orientations.
>
> Jason
>
>
> On 12/23/2011 11:11 AM, Ted Creedon wrote:
>
>> Does any docbook conversion support typesetting or am I back to latex?
>>
>> I meant quarto, I have binding&  shearing although I feel like Ben
>> Franklin
>>
>> sometimes.
>>
>> The handbook is quite handy.
>>
>> Tedc
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:48 AM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR<
>> chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>  wrote:
>>
>>  i would hazard that content is more important than 'ease of use'.  it
>>> really doesnt matter if you can carry the manual with you if it doesnt
>>> provide any useful help.
>>>
>>> there is nothing to prevent the current docbook from being rendered
>>> into "quarto" (i suspect you meant folio since quarto would be hard to
>>> use without cutting and binding). you could just do it by simply
>>> post-processing the .pdf with pdfnup.  if you feel there is something
>>> specific missing, please open a bug.  i know we are currently missing
>>> an index for the manual pages -- it got lost in the conversion.
>>>
>>> we also have .epub and .mobi (kindle) versions of the manuals available
>>> (generated from the same docbook/pod that is generating the .pdf
>>> and .html) for those that have moved beyond the whole dead trees thing.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:51:39 -0800
>>> Ted Creedon<tcreedon@easystreet.**net <tcreedon@easystreet.net>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Its not the docs content, just the formatting and ease of use.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Jeffrey Altman<
>>>> jaltman@secure-endpoints.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  On 12/22/2011 8:54 PM, David Boyes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Recreated the IBM format including hyperlinks, appendix,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> permuted
>>>
>>>> index,
>>>>>>>> Etc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the original doc tools used to create the IBM docs, and the
>>>>>>
>>>>> ability
>>>>>
>>>>>> to produce and translate the .boo files. These tools can
>>>>>>
>>>>> automagically do
>>>
>>>> the above if asked.
>>>>>>
>>>>> All of our documentation is now in Docbook.  They include hyperlinks,
>>>>> the appendix, index, etc.  The original IBM docs are of little interest
>>>>> in 2011.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeffrey Altman
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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Theres a lot more to the Latex coding, hyperlinks, footnotes, anchors for p=
age pointers, etc. but once its setup some perl scripts should do the trick=
,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Jason =
Edgecombe <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jason@rampaginggeek.com">=
jason@rampaginggeek.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Probably. I would be surprised if you couldn=
&#39;t do what you need. you would need the proper backend and stylesheet. =
I don&#39;t know enough docbook to say for certain.<br>

<br>
dblatex is a Docbook backend that converts docbook to latex. I suppose that=
 you could set the paper size in docbook, convert to latex, and =A0set the =
quarto paper size in latex to get the proper orientations.<br>
<br>
Jason<div class=3D"im"><br>
<br>
On 12/23/2011 11:11 AM, Ted Creedon wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">
Does any docbook conversion support typesetting or am I back to latex?<br>
<br></div>
I meant quarto, I have binding&amp; =A0shearing although I feel like Ben Fr=
anklin<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
sometimes.<br>
<br>
The handbook is quite handy.<br>
<br>
Tedc<br>
<br>
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:48 AM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR&lt;<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil" target=3D"_blank">chas@cmf.nrl.nav=
y.mil</a>&gt; =A0wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
i would hazard that content is more important than &#39;ease of use&#39;. =
=A0it<br>
really doesnt matter if you can carry the manual with you if it doesnt<br>
provide any useful help.<br>
<br>
there is nothing to prevent the current docbook from being rendered<br>
into &quot;quarto&quot; (i suspect you meant folio since quarto would be ha=
rd to<br>
use without cutting and binding). you could just do it by simply<br>
post-processing the .pdf with pdfnup. =A0if you feel there is something<br>
specific missing, please open a bug. =A0i know we are currently missing<br>
an index for the manual pages -- it got lost in the conversion.<br>
<br>
we also have .epub and .mobi (kindle) versions of the manuals available<br>
(generated from the same docbook/pod that is generating the .pdf<br>
and .html) for those that have moved beyond the whole dead trees thing.<br>
<br>
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:51:39 -0800<br>
Ted Creedon&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tcreedon@easystreet.net" target=3D"_blank"=
>tcreedon@easystreet.<u></u>net</a>&gt; =A0wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Its not the docs content, just the formatting and ease of use.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Jeffrey Altman&lt;<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:jaltman@secure-endpoints.com" target=3D"_blank">jaltman@s=
ecure-endpoints.com</a>&gt; =A0wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 12/22/2011 8:54 PM, David Boyes wrote:<br>
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">

<br>
<br>
1. Recreated the IBM format including hyperlinks, appendix,<br>
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permuted<br>
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lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">
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argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
index,<br>
Etc<br>
</blockquote></blockquote>
I have the original doc tools used to create the IBM docs, and the<br>
</blockquote>
ability<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
to produce and translate the .boo files. These tools can<br>
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
automagically do<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex">

the above if asked.<br>
</blockquote>
All of our documentation is now in Docbook. =A0They include hyperlinks,<br>
the appendix, index, etc. =A0The original IBM docs are of little interest<b=
r>
in 2011.<br>
<br>
Jeffrey Altman<br>
<br>
<br>
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