We did open source the PDL book many years with the idea that people could improve it on CVS. One can go in there right now if one is a PDL admin on sourceforge and hack the latex.
A wiki might be a better approach though - neat idea. Is there a Latex to Wiki translator? What about a wiki to PDF processor? Karl On Jun 27, 2006, at 1:26 PM, Chris Marshall wrote:
How about using a wiki for writing the book? I noticed that the sourceforge page seems to have some sort of placeholder for a wiki. Use of a wiki would allow many contributors to generate the basic content of the book in their areas of experience/expertise. Then, the text could be wrapped up into the "book" itself with figures, editing and proofing. I would recommend that version control be used on the wiki and required sourceforge userID for submission (at a minimum). I've worked through chapters 1-5 of the "PDL Book" and except for some missing data sets and changes in slicing syntax, the text mostly worked for me. I have not been able to work through chapter 6 due to missing modules, other prerequisites, and a lack of time on my part. --Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
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