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On 06/24/2010 06:08 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> It is very common that software provide
> document in many different format. For example, python, GNU make.

Not really the case.  The software that provides documentation in PDF has
usually done so because the help is authored in Latex or a very similar
format.  The GNU standard for documentation (info) was Latex compatible
which is why you'll find most GNU tools do have PDF documentation.

For Python, documentation is authored using Sphinx (and was historically
something similar to Latex).  Sphinx has a way of generating Latex output
which can then be processed into PDF although it is enough of a pain that
most Sphinx projects do not both with PDF.

The documentation for SQLite is not authored in a Latex compatible format
and so isn't trivial to turn into PDF.  You are of course welcome to provide
a tool that does the conversion.

Instead it targets HTML output like pretty much everyone else out there.
You are going to have to get used to this new reality.  If you like PDF
because it gives you a single self contained file that is searchable and
usable offline then I suggest looking into the CHM format.

Note you can download the HTML docs for local offline access.  You can
create a CHM file by creating a small project file and compiling it.  There
is a CHM compiler for Windows, and you can also do so under Linux (google
HHW4Wine).

If you want the PDF for printing then that is a really bad idea as the
documentation is not authored or intended for dead tree - eg it doesn't have
physical pages, and isn't intended to be read with a beginning, middle and
end.  In HTML format it works with any screen size, big or small.  Use your
HTML viewer tools to print it as you see fit.

Roger
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