Just a suggestion - if you are going to work on producing a better version of the manual then I would suggest that PDF is NOT the best format. It does not tend to display well on modern ereader type devices, and does not support features such as text-flow if font sizes are zoomed. I would suggest that a format such as epub is better, and failing that the standard fall back of word format. It is easy enough to create PDF files from these formats, but going the other way is much harder and sometimes impossible. If you had a book in epub format then a program such as Calibre can easily convert it into HTML suitable for use on a web site.
Dave Walker Tel: +44 (0)1707 652791 Mobile: +44 (0)7999 218953 Web: http://www.itimpi.com Skype Id: itimpi *Sent from my iPad* On 7 Feb 2011, at 10:21, Plastic <[email protected]> wrote: > If it helps any, I have a period of 6 months plus of medically-enforced > non-work, so I have LOTS of free time. I would be happy to convert books to > PDFs in the style of the manual, if they are in the public domain or if I > have permission from the rights holder. I have already made it a project for > the future to re-do the manual, make it into a searchable website, etc. > > Dave > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Malcolm Lear <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> The download is 2.2 MB, it is not text searchable at all and is pretty >>> cr4p. However, it's better than nothing! Just! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Norman. >>> >>> I'm slowly sorting this book out, so it will be searchable. However it's >> a bigger job that I first imagined. A version that matches the user guide >> format would also then be possible. >> >> Cheers >> Malcolm >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
