On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Joe Groff <arc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2011, at 1:56 PM, John Porubek wrote: > > > It's dated February 27,2008, FWIW. > > > > I think there would be value in a Factor 0.94 PDF. Does one exist? Could it > > be easily created from the online reference? > > > > A PDF is a serviceable format when using a Kindle to carry documentation > > although a real ebook format would be even better! > > You can try crawling docs.factorcode.org (or locally generating HTML > documentation with USE: help.html generate-help), and using KindleGen or a > similar tool to convert the resulting HTML files into a mobi or epub format. > The current documentation is unfortunately poorly accessible to newcomers; I > think several years of incremental updating have taken their toll on the > documentation's overall coherence. > > -Joe
Thanks Joe for pointing me in the right direction. I hadn't thought of using Factor to transcribe it's own help system. I'll let you (all) know if I'm successful. > The current documentation is unfortunately poorly accessible to newcomers; I > think several years of incremental updating have taken their toll on the > documentation's overall coherence. As a newcomer, I have to agree somewhat. It's frustrating when examples from Help don't work because Factor has changed since the help was written. However, even with errors (inconsistencies?) Factor's Help system is very useful. Also, this mailling list and the excellent blogs help a great deal. --John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
