Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
On 01/15/09 18:29, Jason Cooper wrote: Yea, I know. That's what I've been doing. An official, more easily downloadable version would just be even nicer. On 1/15/09, Clayton ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: Jason Cooper wrote: I'm glad to hear that this is being worked on. I also have a need for an offline version, since my workplace doesn't have internet access. Don't forget that the tools are already in place on the Wiki for you to make your own Collections of the chapters you need,. You don't have to wait on me to make the generic chapter versions. You can already build your own PDFs or ODT documents from the existing Wiki documents. I would like to provide a static (and maybe even OOo branded) set of the core documents in PDF and ODT with each *major* version release. The contents won't be 100% up-to-date as time passes after the release, but it will be current with the OOo release they are linked to. This is possible now, and I will aim at doing this for the OOo3.1 release. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: On 01/15/09 18:29, Jason Cooper wrote: Yea, I know. That's what I've been doing. An official, more easily downloadable version would just be even nicer. On 1/15/09, Clayton ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: Jason Cooper wrote: I'm glad to hear that this is being worked on. I also have a need for an offline version, since my workplace doesn't have internet access. Don't forget that the tools are already in place on the Wiki for you to make your own Collections of the chapters you need,. You don't have to wait on me to make the generic chapter versions. You can already build your own PDFs or ODT documents from the existing Wiki documents. I would like to provide a static (and maybe even OOo branded) set of the core documents in PDF and ODT with each *major* version release. The contents won't be 100% up-to-date as time passes after the release, but it will be current with the OOo release they are linked to. This is possible now, and I will aim at doing this for the OOo3.1 release. thanks Clayton, that sounds really useful for all offline readers Juergen C. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
ashok _ wrote: I am in a country with rather poor internet access, and ever since the developer's guide moved to the wiki : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide I have had serious accessibility issues - earlier releases of the SDK used to include a PDF copy of the developers guide, unfortunately this PDF copy is still on OOo v2.3. Is it possible to have a offline dump of the developer's guide wiki so i can set it up locally / or an updated pdf version so i can use it locally ? i don't know how good it is but you can try the following. You can create a PDF based on collections. The DevGuide provides predefined collections for all top level chapters. For example - click on First Steps - move to the bottom - click on download as PDF collection - on the left side you will find Create a book - click on Load Collection - override existing collections if necessary or append - play with it - on the next page you will find on the right side a download button and before you click the download button select the PDF format - this way you should be able to create PDF for each chapter as i mentioned i don't know how good the quality is but as far as i know the documentation project is working on that. Juergen thanks Ashok - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
I am in a country with rather poor internet access, and ever since the developer's guide moved to the wiki : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide I have had serious accessibility issues - earlier releases of the SDK used to include a PDF copy of the developers guide, unfortunately this PDF copy is still on OOo v2.3. Is it possible to have a offline dump of the developer's guide wiki so i can set it up locally / or an updated pdf version so i can use it locally ? i don't know how good it is but you can try the following. You can create a PDF based on collections. The DevGuide provides predefined collections for all top level chapters. For example - click on First Steps - move to the bottom - click on download as PDF collection - on the left side you will find Create a book - click on Load Collection - override existing collections if necessary or append - play with it - on the next page you will find on the right side a download button and before you click the download button select the PDF format - this way you should be able to create PDF for each chapter as i mentioned i don't know how good the quality is but as far as i know the documentation project is working on that. Yes, we are working on it. The steps Juergen outlined will work for now. The plan is to provide easy links for people to download individual chapters as PDF and ODT, and possibly as an entire book (which would be a huge single download). The limitation is, the Collection is static. This means that a Collection that is valid today, is not going to be valid tomorrow (people are adding and removing content all the time). We need to find a way to dynamically generate or respin the Collection once per week (or some other schedule) so that the Collection picks up the changes in the document structure. So... immediate plan. I have to finish up with the recent Wiki engine update (some issues with the upgrade need to be taken care of first). I will then start working on adding a Download as a Collection link to the bottom of the FIRST PAGE in EACH chapter of the Developer's Guide. You will be able to click this link and generate a PDF or ODT document for the current chapter you are viewing. Mid term - I will try to find a way (with some help from the community here) to script things (using a cron job and the MediaWiki API?) to auto-rebuild the Collections on some schedule to keep the Collections up to date. Manually maintaining the Collections for this large document is not practical. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
I'm glad to hear that this is being worked on. I also have a need for an offline version, since my workplace doesn't have internet access. Jason On 1/15/09, Clayton ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: I am in a country with rather poor internet access, and ever since the developer's guide moved to the wiki : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide I have had serious accessibility issues - earlier releases of the SDK used to include a PDF copy of the developers guide, unfortunately this PDF copy is still on OOo v2.3. Is it possible to have a offline dump of the developer's guide wiki so i can set it up locally / or an updated pdf version so i can use it locally ? i don't know how good it is but you can try the following. You can create a PDF based on collections. The DevGuide provides predefined collections for all top level chapters. For example - click on First Steps - move to the bottom - click on download as PDF collection - on the left side you will find Create a book - click on Load Collection - override existing collections if necessary or append - play with it - on the next page you will find on the right side a download button and before you click the download button select the PDF format - this way you should be able to create PDF for each chapter as i mentioned i don't know how good the quality is but as far as i know the documentation project is working on that. Yes, we are working on it. The steps Juergen outlined will work for now. The plan is to provide easy links for people to download individual chapters as PDF and ODT, and possibly as an entire book (which would be a huge single download). The limitation is, the Collection is static. This means that a Collection that is valid today, is not going to be valid tomorrow (people are adding and removing content all the time). We need to find a way to dynamically generate or respin the Collection once per week (or some other schedule) so that the Collection picks up the changes in the document structure. So... immediate plan. I have to finish up with the recent Wiki engine update (some issues with the upgrade need to be taken care of first). I will then start working on adding a Download as a Collection link to the bottom of the FIRST PAGE in EACH chapter of the Developer's Guide. You will be able to click this link and generate a PDF or ODT document for the current chapter you are viewing. Mid term - I will try to find a way (with some help from the community here) to script things (using a cron job and the MediaWiki API?) to auto-rebuild the Collections on some schedule to keep the Collections up to date. Manually maintaining the Collections for this large document is not practical. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org -- Cause I'm due for a miracle, I'm waiting for a sign, I'll stare straight into the sun and I won't close my eyes, Til I understand or go blind.
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
Jason Cooper wrote: I'm glad to hear that this is being worked on. I also have a need for an offline version, since my workplace doesn't have internet access. Don't forget that the tools are already in place on the Wiki for you to make your own Collections of the chapters you need,. You don't have to wait on me to make the generic chapter versions. You can already build your own PDFs or ODT documents from the existing Wiki documents. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
Re: [api-dev] Offline copy of Developers Guide
Yea, I know. That's what I've been doing. An official, more easily downloadable version would just be even nicer. On 1/15/09, Clayton ccorn...@openoffice.org wrote: Jason Cooper wrote: I'm glad to hear that this is being worked on. I also have a need for an offline version, since my workplace doesn't have internet access. Don't forget that the tools are already in place on the Wiki for you to make your own Collections of the chapters you need,. You don't have to wait on me to make the generic chapter versions. You can already build your own PDFs or ODT documents from the existing Wiki documents. C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org -- Cause I'm due for a miracle, I'm waiting for a sign, I'll stare straight into the sun and I won't close my eyes, Til I understand or go blind.
