Or, I would even prefer to use the wiki and use some common scripts to generate LaTeX files...all web-based...IMO, I love scribus, but more interested in automated workflows.
Jon On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Schrijver <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome. > > Craig said: >>>>>> I think you know the correct answer to that one... produce the source in >>>>>> a version system .. and convert the final text into Scribus > > This is for the wiki, I suppose, but do you (or anyone) have any experience > using scribus in this way? I think it is quite interesting > > I am especially interested in scripting scribus so that it can ‘compile’ the > versioned source files to a layout automatically. > > You could call a scribus script on the post-commit hook of your versioning > system > > in many cases I guess Latex would be simpler for such a thing—but that has > its limitations… > > -- > Eric Schrijver > > Op 27 apr 2010, om 01:32 heeft Jon Phillips het volgende geschreven: > >> I'm also adding Christopher Adams who published http://freesouls.cc >> with Joi Ito last year. Would love to have his input on, but also >> don't want to overload this process to the point of failure in too >> many bodies. >> >> Jon >> >> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Totally. Maybe the thing todo is to start a wikipage about this book. >>> Something like Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 Proceedings >>> >>> Are they proceedings or something else? >>> >>> I like the idea of making it more of interviews and unique content. >>> I'd love to help with this and get my company to help too. >>> >>> Here, I made a wiki page to push this forward. Please add your thoughts. >>> >>> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Libre_Graphics_Meeting_2010_Book >>> >>> Also, femke, what about flossmanuals? And some form of book sprint? I >>> had a beer with Adam last week who was stranded in SF... >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Mario Behling <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> a book sounds great. We would like to join in. We have resources to >>>> translate to Vietnamese and I would be interested to publish a version >>>> in Vietnam. >>>> >>>> - Mario >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Yes, this would all be very cool! I can vouch for Wang Lingzheng's >>>>> work and know her project in Beijing. >>>>> >>>>> I would love to see this project happen. Yes, totally. Free free free. >>>>> >>>>> Jon >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Craig Bradney <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On 4/23/10 1:10 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: >>>>>>> Hi! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2010/4/23 lingzheng wang <[email protected]>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> can i create one book about LGM meeting in June? i mean need >>>>>>>> consider >>>>>>>> copyright and other things etc. welcome for every one's suggestion. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> If the book is licensed with something from freedomdefined.org, and >>>>>>> uses the freely-licensed images that will inevitably be posted to >>>>>>> Flickr and elsewhere, I would say that this would be a very welcome >>>>>>> contribution :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There are interesting pictures and words in this book in my opinion, >>>>>>>> i can >>>>>>>> write in English and Chinese after i interview designers who join LGM >>>>>>>> meeting, then introduce opensource graphics to Chinese designers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am happy to help you improve the English text in the book; what >>>>>>> software will you use to make it? If you use a public version control >>>>>>> system, the book could be made collaboratively :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> I think you know the correct answer to that one... produce the source in >>>>>> a version system .. and convert the final text into Scribus >>>>>> >>>>>> Craig >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> CREATE mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jon Phillips >>>>> http://rejon.org/ >>>>> http://fabricatorz.com/ >>>>> http://status.net/ >>>>> http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto >>>>> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) >>>>> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> _______________________________ >>>> >>>> Mario Behling >>>> [email protected] >>>> Vietnam +84 1286380690 >>>> International +49 30 88764502 >>>> Fax +4932121218971 >>>> XMPP: [email protected] >>>> http://mariobehling.de >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jon Phillips >>> http://rejon.org/ >>> http://fabricatorz.com/ >>> http://status.net/ >>> http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto >>> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) >>> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon Phillips >> http://rejon.org/ >> http://fabricatorz.com/ >> http://status.net/ >> http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto >> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) >> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ http://fabricatorz.com/ http://status.net/ http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.134.3957.2035 (china) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
