Pavel Sanda wrote:
Rich Shepard wrote:
It can take an amateur like me
almost as long to prepare the index as it does to write the text. Like
just an idea - couldn't be this a bit automatized? something like export to
plain text, sort & uniq all words by alphabet, manually delete the boring wor
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Pavel Sanda wrote:
are you aware of insert->external material->pdfpages?
pavel,
Now I am. However, I make heavy use of pdftk for a wide range of purposes
so I'm quite familiar with this tool.
Rich
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On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, Pavel Sanda wrote:
just an idea - couldn't be this a bit automatized? something like export
to plain text, sort & uniq all words by alphabet, manually delete the
boring words (shouldn't be too much in tech documentation) and then run
some script mapping it back into the text
On Thursday 16 July 2009 06:17:17 am Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
> > pages, and publication/copywrite page. I'd save those as separate .pdf
> > files, then assemble the entire book using pdftk. Horses for courses as
> > the
>
> are you aware of insert->external material->pdfpages?
> pa
On Thursday 16 July 2009 06:15:28 am Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
> > It can take an amateur like me
> > almost as long to prepare the index as it does to write the text. Like
>
> just an idea - couldn't be this a bit automatized? something like export to
> plain text, sort & uniq all w
Rich Shepard wrote:
> pages, and publication/copywrite page. I'd save those as separate .pdf
> files, then assemble the entire book using pdftk. Horses for courses as the
are you aware of insert->external material->pdfpages?
pavel
Rich Shepard wrote:
> It can take an amateur like me
> almost as long to prepare the index as it does to write the text. Like
just an idea - couldn't be this a bit automatized? something like export to
plain text, sort & uniq all words by alphabet, manually delete the boring words
(shouldn't be to
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:33:44 -0400
Steve Litt wrote:
> Yes, I didn't want to imply otherwise. What I was trying to get across
> is that it's as DISTASTEFUL as working in a sceptic tank. And, as you
> bring up, it's also as NECESSARY to do well as it is necessary to fix a
> sceptic tank well.
I'v
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Please excuse my completely OT post, but that was very insightful. I love
to read, especially coursework (yes, I am a nerd) and I never realized how
much effort must go into the index. I simply never thought about that.
Thank you for the insight into that
On Tuesday 14 July 2009 01:26:24 pm Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
> > ... second only to indexing, which I equate with working in a sceptic
> > tank.
>
> Steve,
>
>Perhaps that's a reflection of the book's contents? When I was told that
> Springer would not hire a
> Perhaps that's a reflection of the book's contents? When I was told that
> Springer would not hire a professional indexer and I had to do it myself, I
> made it my business to quickly learn how and to do the best darn job of it
> that could possibly be done. As far as I'm concerned, a technical
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Steve Litt wrote:
... second only to indexing, which I equate with working in a sceptic
tank.
Steve,
Perhaps that's a reflection of the book's contents? When I was told that
Springer would not hire a professional indexer and I had to do it myself, I
made it my business
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