[blfs-dev] Formatting for PDF Output
Hi all, There are a few places in the book where long extended commands inside screenuserinput tags are not legible in PDF output. Here are our choices: 1) Not worry about it and comment out the PDF generation from the Makefile. 2) Create files that can be downloaded instead of having to cut and paste from the book. 3) Split up the long screenuserinput sections into smaller chunks that would fit on PDF pages. This would not affect cut and paste ability. Examples of what I am talking about are the mozconfig files (which already are downloadable) and the commands to create an initramfs. My preference is to split the sections into smaller chunks, but I'd like to get everyone's take on the issue. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.24] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 10:26:01 up 1 day, 21:30, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.02, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Formatting for PDF Output
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:37:04AM -0500, Randy McMurchy wrote: Hi all, There are a few places in the book where long extended commands inside screenuserinput tags are not legible in PDF output. Here are our choices: 1) Not worry about it and comment out the PDF generation from the Makefile. I prefer this. 2) Create files that can be downloaded instead of having to cut and paste from the book. 3) Split up the long screenuserinput sections into smaller chunks that would fit on PDF pages. This would not affect cut and paste ability. Examples of what I am talking about are the mozconfig files (which already are downloadable) and the commands to create an initramfs. My preference is to split the sections into smaller chunks, but I'd like to get everyone's take on the issue. I thought we stopped maintaining downloadable mozconfig files ? ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Formatting for PDF Output
Ken Moffat wrote these words on 08/22/12 10:42 CST: I thought we stopped maintaining downloadable mozconfig files ? I'm not sure. You would know better than I. The list of UID/GID user/groups also needs to be fixed for proper PDF output as well. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.24] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 10:48:01 up 1 day, 21:52, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.06, 0.08 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Formatting for PDF Output
Randy McMurchy wrote: Hi all, There are a few places in the book where long extended commands inside screenuserinput tags are not legible in PDF output. Here are our choices: 1) Not worry about it and comment out the PDF generation from the Makefile. 2) Create files that can be downloaded instead of having to cut and paste from the book. 3) Split up the long screenuserinput sections into smaller chunks that would fit on PDF pages. This would not affect cut and paste ability. Examples of what I am talking about are the mozconfig files (which already are downloadable) and the commands to create an initramfs. My preference is to split the sections into smaller chunks, but I'd like to get everyone's take on the issue. My thought is to skip pdf generation. I don't know that anyone uses it and the book changes virtually daily anyway. I do prefer leaving the files in the book as opposed to a downloadable file because it is a lot easier for a user to review what's going on. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [blfs-dev] Formatting for PDF Output
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 08/22/12 11:13 CST: My thought is to skip pdf generation. I don't know that anyone uses it and the book changes virtually daily anyway. That was sort of my thoughts as well, but it would be easy to fix that is why I brought it up. It is more than 1500 pages and over 7 megabytes, so it is actually too large now for practical use. I do prefer leaving the files in the book as opposed to a downloadable file because it is a lot easier for a user to review what's going on. I do as well. And Ken mentioned we are not maintaining the mozconfig files for download any more, so there really is no reason to start doing it again. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.24] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 11:22:01 up 1 day, 22:26, 1 user, load average: 1.68, 1.18, 0.84 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
