GnuCash Documentation in pdf Format

Chris Lyttle chris at wilddev.net
Sat Feb 26 15:21:23 EST 2005


Neil,

Thanks. If you need other updates to the website let me know

Chris

On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 17:57 +0000, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Friday 25 February 2005 5:08 am, Chris Lyttle wrote:
> > Neil,
> >
> > I've not attempted to validate the xml in the docs for use to convert to
> > pdf, just that its valid for conversion to html which the build script
> > does. Its possible to do this, but I'd rather not add the MB of pdf to
> > the docs build
> 
> That's fine, we can leave it to the user to create the PDF - most people don't 
> need it but it would make it easier to keep the PDF updated. It doesn't need 
> to be a build target, just a note in the README and then syntax corrections. 
> If there are any other requirements, I'll let you know.
> 
> > and I haven't really had a lot of time to do more than 
> > release new docs whenever someone updates them. Basically, anyone who
> > wants to submit patches to have the docs easily convert to pdf using
> > docbook2pdf is welcome.
> 
> OK. I'll check the error reports and commit any necessary syntax changes.
> 
> > I'm not sure I understand your comment about 
> > using docbook-xsl as this is from what I understand the standard toolset
> > for use with docbook.
> 
> docbook2pdf and the other docbook-utils tools use Perl and bash to create a 
> jade command that then uses the xsl. i.e. when using docbook-utils, all the 
> xsl stuff is hidden away. It's a convenience wrapper.
> 
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