Because I think like a software engineer, I'm putting documents together
in Lyx so that I can generate them with a makefile. This isn't (I
hope!) just over the top attention to detail -- most of my graphs are
generated in Scilab, and I've found that the best way to not lose the
source for a graph is to generate it on the fly and discard the actual
eps file when I'm done.
I recently got an email from a reader who got one of my PDF documents
off the web, then as an experiment reformatted it for a Sony eBook
reader. It actually looks OK, and it has made me think (dangerous I
know, but there you are).
Since my 'build time' model is to open a command line, go to the correct
directory, type "make", and go have some coffee, why shouldn't I set
things up so that I end up with two sets of documents -- one for this
big desktop "universal eBook reader" that I'm typing at, and another for
little eBook readers. Particularly if I can find one eBook format
that'll at least be suitable for a number of readers.
But -- how do I do this? As far as I can see, the latex and lyx command
lines are not rich in switches to do things like insert formatting
commands. It appears that the best I can do is to include a file with
page margins, then rename files as appropriate so that when the "eBook
version" gets built that file name points to the eBook margins, and when
the "regular old" version gets built that file name points to decent
margins for A-size paper.
Is this the best I can do, or is there some other, better way?
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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
Voice: 503-631-7815
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