[drupal-docs] generating Drupal Handbook pdf's manually

[Djun Kim]

This can also be done automatically, by a unix pipeline of the form

     wget | html2ps | ps2pdf

I'm tweaking options on this, but if it can be made to produce reasonable
output it might be an alternative to fiddling around with a manual
conversion

    Djun

Quoting Charlie Lowe <cel4145 at cyberdash.com>:

>
>
> Karoly Negyesi wrote:
>>> 4) Create table of contents using Insert->Indexes and Tables->Indexes
>>> and Tables
>>
>>
>> Alas, I have not found this using Reader version 7. Maybe I can't
>> handle it right.
>
> I'm not sure what Reader version 7 is??? I'm using OpenOffice 1.1.4.
>
>>
>>
>>> subsequent releases if the handbook is ready to go. The pdf could be
>>> included either for download on drupal.org or in drupal core.
>>
>>
>> Download from drupal.org, that's good. Putting a 1.8M PDF into
>> drupal core is... hm... how to say? Maybe in a loud, screaming
>> voice: nooooooo!
>>
>
> LOL
>
> I uploaded the print optimized version, mainly for looks. The screen
> optimized version is 65% smaller at 1.15mb and still very readable.
> Then figure that a large percentage of the handbook would not need to
> be included in core. Mainly just the first three sections: general
> information, user guide, and administrator's guide (and of course the
> copyright/licensing part). It might get down to a reasonable size.
> Hard to say for sure.
>
> Regardless, a pdf, publishable quality version is still useful
> whether it is too big for core or not.
>
>
> Charlie
>
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