On January 21, 2014, Michael Torrie wrote: > Just for kicks, I tried to convert the epub version of Linux Journal to
> txt. It mostly worked, but the source code snippets lost all their > indenting. Converting to markdown format worked a little better, > preserving the source code format, but then you have all the markdown > tags. Maybe that can be converted to a downloadable txt file. Will > keep you posted. Interesting experiment. I've never heard of Markdown format. I'd be curious to see the results of your tests. Of course, they still won't do me much good unless you can place the resulting txt file somewhere on the web where I can grab it. But it's interesting for the future, just the same. :) That does bring up something I was thinking of last night, though. See my next message... :) --- Dan On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/17/2014 11:18 AM, David Landry wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> That sounds good. How about a web site or a Snail mail address for > them? I > >> would like to do a bit of research to see if they're what I want to > spend > >> my money on. :) > >> > > > > Not sure about snail mail addresses, but I think these are the websites > for > > each of the magazines people were talking about. > > > > Linux Format: > > > http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/content/lp/digitalbundles/comp-linuxformat/ > > > > (main site: http://www.linuxformat.com/) > > > > Linux User and Developer: > > http://catalogue-imagine.subscribeonline.co.uk/Subscription/linux-user > > (main site: http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/) > > > > Linux Voice: > > http://shop.linuxvoice.com/ > > Surprised Linux Journal isn't on the list. It goes back a long time. > It's also one of the cheaper ones. http://www.linuxjournal.com. They > have pdf and epub. Are either of those two formats accessible to you? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
