GnuCash Documentation in pdf Format

[Chris Lyttle]

If someone makes it available to me I can put any docs in pdf on the
gnucash website. There is already a place holder in the docs part of the
site (http://www.gnucash.org/en/docs.phtml) so I'd just need to add the
link.

Chris

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 15:13 +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Sunday 20 February 2005 2:31 pm, Michael Wahlbrink wrote:
> > >>>On Saturday 19 February 2005 8:08 pm, Michael Wahlbrink wrote:
> > I can do that, but the images linked from the document
> > http://code.neil.williamsleesmill.me.uk/gnucash-guide.html
> > are not there (thats the reason why they are not in the pdf.....)
> 
> :-)
> 
> OK  . . . (slight pause for some FTP) . . . they are now!
> 
> Seriously, the images are in the gnucash-docs package - that should be your 
> best way of maintaining these things.
> 
> > So, if someone can show me the way to the images there will be also a
> > gnucash-guide-with-images.pdf ;-)
> 
> If you download gnucash-docs from CVS, then you'll get everything you need - 
> plus if you run cvs update in that directory once in a while, you'll be told 
> about any changed files.
> http://www.gnucash.org/en/hacking.phtml
> 
> cvs -d :pserver:cvs at cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot login
> The password is "guest" 
> 
> cvs -d :pserver:cvs at cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout gnucash-docs
> 
> > > Users should note that these are LARGE files - 1.8Mb and 2.2Mb
> > > respectively.
> 
> With the images, the guide is going to easily overtake help in size - there 
> are 99 images! Might be best to think about several separate PDF files - 
> maybe one per chapter? (15 or so in total). See what size the PDF becomes 
> when images are available and let me know off list. 
> 
> I've got no real limitation on space, it's more a question of making it 
> practical for people to download the file(s).
> 
> > > Michael, these are very good, thanks. Are you willing to maintain these?
> > > You'd need to monitor changes to gnucash-docs and provide updated copies
> > > as and when - especially around release time.
> >
> > Yes I can do this! But there will be no guarantee for "next-day
> > pdf-delivery" ;-).... sometimes it will take till the next weekend.....
> 
> No problem.
> 
> > Just put me a note when there is new documentation ready to convert....
> 
> If you do it via CVS, you'll know when updates are available.
> 
> > Are there only the two (or three... if we do pdfs with and without
> > images) docs on neils website to monitor or are there some more out
> > there.....
> 
> We've only had requests for the guide, the help and the design documents in 
> PDF. The design document I can update myself because it's in LaTeX form and 
> is updated and built within the main gnucash tree. So yes, it's only 
> permutations of the two you've done already.
> 
> If there were more or if more requests come in, I'll see about giving you 
> limited FTP access to the server, save emailing me. For now, we'll stick to 
> email.
> 
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