On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 09:29:30PM +0200, Vladimír Čunát wrote: > Hi. > > On 08/08/2014 12:05 PM, José Romildo Malaquias wrote: > > I am looking for the nixos manual in PDF format. Is it available > > anyhwere? Preferably for the unstable version. > > No, I don't think we build it. > > > If it is unavailable, it think it would be a nice addition to the > > documentation project. > > IIRC there has been little care for PDF, as HTML is typically much more > practical in this case when you do need a computer running anyway to do > anything with NixOS. > > I guess conversion from HTML might be the fastest way currently (direct > generation from the DocBook will be cleaner, though).
A PDF version (preferably directly generated from the source) is very useful for studying. I am currently studying the nixos related manuals, and I find it more comfortable to read the manuals on paper. Usually I use pencil to make some annotations and that helps the learning process. Later on I go back to the computer to try what I have learned. I have unsuccessfully tried to obtain the PDF from the DocBook source. Maybe one could add an option to generate it in the nixos manual derivation. That would be nice. Romildo _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
