From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RODRv-00042n-Sm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:04:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D211D21C0A2; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 19:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA68F21C0EE for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 19:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkaq10 with SMTP id q10so2111244bka.40 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=IcdrhTQmlDJMYiIQS7HgR8DdWgtShJWnhRl+MkFd7ig=; b=AMomgmaE1FzxQuXaGb2+zRD3qCPM5lpRPN40I53BJh968i7+jSzkaeQ348Yaz4EIrE FbiICI15EURXbe0BuDA0r7gB9CL/5f8TmzRjoX9AvqwyaU72OrbpHDLPYzlymooDddS+ xztFobBOIMs9FvBmhKFT6x8U3XUujI7X1SF+s= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.130.153 with SMTP id t25mr2700332bks.11.1320865270012; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:01:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.177.76 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 11:01:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:01:09 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Handbook as epub From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: d114a3e2-eb3d-4ac5-88c1-8d5fcee9cc1f X-Archives-Hash: 0a0be3fa1ed136e94a2355cac9560ef9 On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Steven J Long wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: > >> I'd like to have the Handbook in a format convenient for reading in >> ebook readers. >> >> Now, I know I could take the existing HTML files and convert them, but >> I think it'd be nicer if I could get the handbook maintenance scripts >> to automate a conversion process, and then I could download the epub. >> >> Who would I talk to get something like that in the works? >> > You'd talk to the Documentation project: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/index.xml I'll poke at these this evening, probably. > > aiui most of the people listed there aren't that active outside their > own area; for ages nightmorph had been under a load of pressure, until > swift rejoined the project. > > See the bottom of the page for contact details; you'll most likely want to > join their mailing list. There's also a link to understanding the pretty > simple GuideXML used. (I have to say it's one of the few applications of > XML I really like.) >> >> (I've also got an idea about autogenerating, e.g. Android apps, so >> that I could get up-to-date versions of the handbook on my phone and >> tablet at all times. But I'd need to learn a bit more before I knew >> how to autogenerate that.) >> > Sounds good :-) If you need help with scripting there's the "Portage & > Programming" forum, the gentoo-devhelp ML, #gentoo-dev-help (yes they're > hyphenated differently) #bash and #awk, and ofc #friendly-coders on irc > server: chat.freenode.net. IRC really is worth getting on to if you're not > already online as it's _really_ easy to get expert help quickly (so long as > you bear in mind it's all voluntary and shelter from the beasts in a > friendly channel;) and practically all the devs are there in various places. > -- > #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-) I'm on just under two dozen channels on Freenode right now. You'll notice me as 'mikemol'. I'll add to my lurk set. :) -- :wq