Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-06 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi mentors, Jirka: I added some details about how to do the project and change the time schedule to do the PhoneGap and Android applications. I don't have much idea about the work load that will want for each activity. So, if can you have a look at on timeline of the proposal ans give me a feedba

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-05 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka , mentors: I created a proposal for this project idea of DocBook and submitted to the melange[1]. So, if you can give me a feedback on it, then I can make it more strong. (I already shared a google-doc copy with Jirka!.) Last days, I was busy with my first internship interview and deadli

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi David, Jirka : Thank you very much for your comments !. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:30 PM, David Cramer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/03/2012 06:01 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: > > On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: > > > >> I attached a copy[1] of them

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/2012 06:01 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: > On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: > >> I attached a copy[1] of them (also attached a picture. I don't >> know, is it possible to send attachments) and already shared to >> the Jirka. Hey devs, I

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: > I attached a copy[1] of them (also attached a picture. I don't know, is it > possible to send attachments) and already shared to the Jirka. > Hey devs, I like to have some comments on my design, about its weaknesses, > further enhancements, new featur

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-02 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 1.4.2012 20:45, gihan karunarathne wrote: > Thank you Jirka for your appreciation. > I have to submit a proposal for this DocBook idea. So, as I mentioned above > I like to implement Docbook support outfut format which developed using > "phonegap" [1] and a Android Application which create apk

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-01 Thread gihan karunarathne
Thank you Jirka for your appreciation. I have to submit a proposal for this DocBook idea. So, as I mentioned above I like to implement Docbook support outfut format which developed using "phonegap" [1] and a Android Application which create apk for DocBook documentations with including some of nati

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-30 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 29.3.2012 22:23, gihan karunarathne wrote: > I got bunch of ideas for ToC and index also. I think, it is better to > mention those in my application. > I add few in here to see your comments on those. Sounds good, might be you can summarize mains ideas on DocBook GSoC WiKi. --

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 03/29/2012 03:38:34 PM, Jirka Kosek wrote: > On 29.3.2012 22:18, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > FYI. I don't wish to confuse things but you > > may wish to look at, or possibly even coordinate with, > > the dblatex project (http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/). > No seriously it is of no use for your

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread gihan karunarathne
Okay Jirka, that time, I got busy with my friend's Android phone and thinking about new features. I didn't notice about that and just saw your post. On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: > On 29.3.2012 22:18, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > > FYI. I don't wish to confuse things but you >

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : > So I think Jirka should conclude the final decision and we should wait > > until his comments. > > I'm not sure what you are asking for now. > In here, I'm asking from you to make a choice because of you are the one who came up with idea. But finally you give me the key to make a ch

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 29.3.2012 22:18, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > FYI. I don't wish to confuse things but you > may wish to look at, or possibly even coordinate with, > the dblatex project (http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/). Gihan, please don't look at this project. :-) No seriously it is of no use for your GSoC project

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : Thank you very much for your explanation about my ambiguities of project idea. I went though all three replies of yours. I saw that your have some magnificent ideas in your mind. >> Sure, for example output for Android should be application which can be >> installed as any other applic

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 03/29/2012 02:18:13 PM, gihan karunarathne wrote: > Hi Kasun : > > Sorry for the late. I've been busy last two days as I told you early. > Yes, I agree with you. I also think, David will agree with me. Almost > I > will developed the Android output format because of I familiar with > Android >

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-29 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Kasun : Sorry for the late. I've been busy last two days as I told you early. Yes, I agree with you. I also think, David will agree with me. Almost I will developed the Android output format because of I familiar with Android development. Thus DocBook will get the benefit because of my experien

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-28 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 27.3.2012 20:02, gihan karunarathne wrote: > So I think Jirka should conclude the final decision and we should wait > until his comments. I'm not sure what you are asking for now. > I'm trying to get in to iOS development[1]. I registered in developer site > but unfortunately I can't download

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-28 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 27.3.2012 13:48, gihan karunarathne wrote: > Can you explain it ? I think that David already gave you answer. But basically you can either: 1. Create new document packaging format (something like .epub) and special reader software for it. User will install this reader and then use it to open

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-28 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 27.3.2012 13:15, gihan karunarathne wrote: >> Sure, for example output for Android should be application which can be >> installed as any other application. > > So that means, output Android application like some thing which is include > the content of information which is given by user in xml

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread Kasun Gajasinghe
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:32 PM, gihan karunarathne < gckarunarat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, Jirka : > > It's pleasure to see you in here with some great imagination. > Thank you for putting your thoughts at correct place and make my idea more > stronger. > > I think, David is with me and h

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi David, Jirka : It's pleasure to see you in here with some great imagination. Thank you for putting your thoughts at correct place and make my idea more stronger. I think, David is with me and he pointed out some thing similar to my first idea which had in my mind. As I mentioned earlier; *"So

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/27/2012 06:48 AM, gihan karunarathne wrote: > Hi Jirka : > > I'm not clear one thing that you said. > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jirka Kosek > wrote: > > On 21.3.2012 21:14, David Cramer wrote: > > I'm far from

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : I'm not clear one thing that you said. On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jirka Kosek wrote: > On 21.3.2012 21:14, David Cramer wrote: > > I'm far from Android expert (I'm not even user). AFAIK .apk is complete > application. Gihan would have to develop Android application for > browsi

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : I'm very much glad to see the first reply from my mentor on "Extend output formats". And also thank you very much Jirka for paying attention about my doubts and give some explanations. I went though your reply. But I found some ideas which are not fully clear to me. On Tue, Mar 27, 20

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 21.3.2012 21:14, David Cramer wrote: > In the case of building an apk from DocBook, much of the source for > the apk will be generated from DocBook at build time. I would look > around for some .apk books and see how close the html and other > internal resources are to .epub. If a .apk book is

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-27 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 26.3.2012 22:31, gihan karunarathne wrote: > I need to understand few thing about the project idea of "Extend support > out put formats"[0]. > First, I also need to clarify the idea which is in the idea page[1]; > *“Output format packages” output by the DocBook style sheets would be > easily co

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-26 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : I need to understand few thing about the project idea of "Extend support out put formats"[0]. First, I also need to clarify the idea which is in the idea page[1]; *“Output format packages” output by the DocBook style sheets would be easily consumable / installable by hosting application

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-24 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Jirka : I'm very much happy to see you as mentoring the project idea of "Extended support output formats"[0]. Also Thank you very much for volunteer as a mentor to this idea under DocBook. In this mail thread, I posted some of my ideas according to the understanding about project idea and sugg

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-22 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Lars Vogel : Thank you very much !. It's nice to meet you in DocBook. I got to know about basics of Android from a tutorial of you. Great work, keep it up !. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Lars Vogel wrote: > Hi Gihan, > > I happy to hear that my tutorials (vogella) were helpful. > > Good l

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-22 Thread Thomas Schraitle
Hi Gihan, On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:15:05 +0530 gihan karunarathne wrote: > Thank you very much for your interesting about my procedure under * > Android-xsl* project idea. > I have a quick look on the book. It seems to be written in user > friendly manner and easy to understand. > I hope, it will

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-22 Thread Lars Vogel
Hi Gihan, I happy to hear that my tutorials (vogella) were helpful. Good luck with your project. Best regards, Lars 2012/3/21 gihan karunarathne > Hi David, Hi mentors : > > Thank you very much David again for your interesting towards this project > idea and help me to get through this. > > S

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-22 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Thomas : Thank you very much for your interesting about my procedure under * Android-xsl* project idea. I have a quick look on the book. It seems to be written in user friendly manner and easy to understand. I hope, it will accelerate my learning process towards the DocBook. I like to invite o

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-22 Thread Thomas Schraitle
Hi Gihan, On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:20:35 +0530 gihan karunarathne wrote: > [...] > But I keep focus on learning XSLT and XSL with the hope of contribute > to the DocBook projects. > So, I followed some tutorials of vogella [1] [2]. Those are really > help me to sharpen my understanding about techno

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-21 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi David, Hi mentors : Thank you very much David again for your interesting towards this project idea and help me to get through this. Some are more worked up than others, but > you're free to change based on your interests, feedback, community > interest, and so on. > I will track on the feedbac

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-21 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Gihan, So you're free to submit whatever proposal you want for a GSoC project. The items on the ideas pages are just starting points that various people jotted down. Some are more worked up than others, but you're free to change based on your intere

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-21 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi Richard, Hi David : I highly appreciate your support for my post. It was a mighty encouragement for me to motivate towards the project idea of "Extend supported output formats". I also think, DocBook community is going to take a good step with expanding its content towards the Android and iPad

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-19 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Gihan, I didn't add that entry to the ideas page, but of them, the most interesting to me is creating content for Android. In particular, I enjoy reading books in the .apk format [1] on my Nexus S over .epub. I suspect .apk and .epub are similar for

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-19 Thread Richard Hamilton
Gihan, Thanks for your interest in the DocBook project and the Google Summer of Code. It seems like you have made a good start. I suggest looking at DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide, by Bob Stayton, for the best single reference to the stylesheets. You can find an online version at http://sagehi

[docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-03-19 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi devs : I've gone through the idea page of DocBook and found the project idea "Extend supported output formats [1]" very interesting to me mainly because I have good background knowledge about Ant and Android. I'm doing an Android application as my level-3 software project and also I'm a fan of