Re: Converting multiple html files to pdf files
Printing from Firefox to PDF works, but is a manual process. Considering I have hundreds of files, it is impractical. You could try scripting Firefox using MozRepl (https://github.com/bard/mozrepl/wiki). There is a CPAN (perl) module which may help. Jason -- Jason Friedman Postdoctoral scholar Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Australia email: write.to.ja...@gmail.com web: http://curiousjason.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Converting multiple html files to pdf files
Steve G. word...@gmail.com writes: 1. Is there a more automated, preferably command line, to take each file, and convert it to from filename.htm to filename.pdf, while keeping the file name? html2ps + ps2pdf -- Oleg Goldshmidt | p...@goldshmidt.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Converting multiple html files to pdf files
2011/10/30 Steve G. word...@gmail.com Happy Halloween! I have a large number of .htm files (text in English, Spanish or Hebrew with punctuation marks) which I want to convert to .pdf or PDF files, so I can read them on the Kindle. I know how to do it manually - I open them in a browser, select Print-Print to file - PDF, give a name and print. But as I have several hundred files, it is not practical. 1. Is there a more automated, preferably command line, to take each file, and convert it to from filename.htm to filename.pdf, while keeping the file name? 2. Is there a way to control the output of the pdf file, so that the font size is adequate for the kindle (I do not have specs, so I will use trial and error), which has a small screen with a 600x800 resolution? For the record, I tried a program called wkhtmltopdf (static version), and it works, but sticks rectangles between letters rather often. Printing from Firefox to PDF works, but is a manual process. Considering I have hundreds of files, it is impractical. Thanks, Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) will convert just about anything to just about anything, as long as there is no DRM involved. It also has a function for batch-conversions, although I've never used it (the batch conversion. I do use it to manage my eBook library and convert files singly). But the reviewers rave Z. http://www.words2u.net - GPS points and tracks (mainly in Costa Rica) http://www.words2u.net/recipes - Recipe collection ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Israeli Mageia Linux Mirror
On Oct 28, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: Shlomi, Well, I know that I can download from http://mirror.isoc.org.il/ in the full download speed, and that I can also download more quickly by opening several connections (using https://sourceforge.net/projects/prozilla/ ). So it seems a bit suspicious. No, it's how various ISP's do traffic shaping. For example, 012 has a magic limit, over which they can not control things, so if you open enough connections it will equal full line speed. If you only open 2 or 3 it will total the limited speed they want you to have. It's part of net neutrality, that everyone gets their fair share of what they are paying for. Luckily, IMHO Israeli ISPs are not 100% neutral, they allow you to pay a small monthly fee and get better performance than people who don't. A friend of mine is in the private network business and he sells 10mbit up/down dedicated bandwith to the US connections. They go for about $10,000 a month (yes, that is dollars). I also recall that download speed from abroad was better about two years ago. That's because ALL internet connections from North Africa to the Gulf of Arabia, use fiber optic cables across the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, and about two years ago several were cut. I think they have been since repaired, but the richer customers of the cable companies get better service than we do. :-( Also things have changed here, two years ago a 5mbit connection was high priced rarity, and now 15mbit NGN (fiber to near your home) and 12mbit cable connections are common. Well, I need to do things when I need to do them, and need to download stuff throughout my computer working day. And when I do, it tend to sucks. Yes, I expect it does. If you can't get an official mirror, maybe you could create your own. Off hour bandwith is cheap, and so is disk space. After all there is no guarantee that an Israel mirror would update during peak time, and it's very likely it won't. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-( ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Towards the GPGPU lecture series
Hello everyone, General Purpose GPU programming became a hot topic in the last few years, ranging from academic studies to being used by commercial software products. As an example, three out of the world’s top10 supercomputers (June2011 list) contain GPUs in them. This series of lectures focuses on OpenCL, the open standard for parallel programming of heterogeneous systems. On November 14th Haifux will begin a 4-meeting series (8 hours in total) of practical, hands-on GPGPU, given by Ofer Rosenberg from AMD Israel ( http://www.linkedin.com/in/oferrosenberg ). The meetings will take place at Taub 6, on alternate Mondays (14/11, 28/11, 12/12, 26/12), 18:30-20:30, but watch our site (http://haifux.org) or join the announcement mailing list on the same page for announcements on changes (in particular, room changes). The outline of the talks will be as follows (see detailed syllabus below): 1. GPGPU introduction 2.OpenCL introduction 3.OpenCL Dos and Don'ts 4.OpenCL optimization and profiling The third and fourth meetings will include hands-on experience, under Ofer's guidance. For these meetings, each participant will have to bring a laptop with: 1. Linux (this is Haifux, the Haifa Linux Club) 2. An x86 processor, either AMD or Intel. An IPAD is not good for this purpose. 3. AMD's OpenCL implementation installed. It works both on AMD and Intel, installation details for those who need them will follow. 4. Eclipse installed. 5. If possible, an AMD GPU, with a version number of 54 or higher. Use “lspci | grep VGA” to find the GPU vendor model. To arrange for machine access for those who do not have a suitable laptop, as well as prepare for the series,* please reply in private to webmas...@haifux.org* *if you intend to attend the series. *If you have (or do not have) the required gear. In particular, if you have an AMD GPU. Please forward to whomever you see fit. *Syllabus: Introduction to GPGPU Programming* General Purpose GPU programming became a hot topic in the last few years, ranging from academic studies to being used by commercial software products. As an example, three out of the world’s top10 supercomputers (June2011 list) contain GPUs in them. This series of lectures focuses on OpenCL, the open standard for parallel programming of heterogeneous systems. 1. GPGPU introduction The first lecture is an introduction to GPU architecture and GPGPU programing. It covers the differences between GPU and CPU architectures, and how these differences impose restrictions on programming GPUs. We will also touch the issue of memory aspects of GPU architecture and the overall system (CPU GPU) 2. OpenCL overview From the Khronos website: “OpenCL™ is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices”. This lecture will provide an overview of OpenCL, covering the API programming aspects (such as OpenCL objects, contexts, queues, events, etc.) as well as the language enhancements (such as vectors, images, samplers, built-in functions etc.) 3. OpenCL Do’s and Don’ts This lecture provides a practical guide for programming in OpenCL by doing a hands-on guided experience of writing OpenCL applications and kernels. Starting from basic examples through more complex scenarios, we will provide some tips for writing code that provides the required correct results. We will also provide some performance tips. 4. OpenCL Optimization Profiling This lecture focuses on performance aspects of OpenCL. We will provide a hands-on experience of improving performance of OpenCL kernels by optimizing a specific example. In addition we will show ways to profile the kernel, including working with profiling tools such as AMD kernel profiler and gDebugger. Note that some of issues presented in this lecture will be possible only on AMD GPUs. -- Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda. http://ladypine.org ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
talk.google.com certificate problem
Hi, When trying to use talk.google.com in pidgin I get a certificate that expired on the 25th. See also http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Apps/thread?tid=296e90270b07985bhl=en Does anyone else encounters the same problem ? Because I would expect something like that to get a bigger echo (and get solved quickly). Kaplan ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: talk.google.com certificate problem
2011/10/30 Lior Kaplan kaplanl...@gmail.com Hi, When trying to use talk.google.com in pidgin I get a certificate that expired on the 25th. See also http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Apps/thread?tid=296e90270b07985bhl=en Does anyone else encounters the same problem ? Because I would expect something like that to get a bigger echo (and get solved quickly). I do, for few weeks now... Kaplan ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
