Documentation Nightly Builds

[Derek Atkins]

Hi

"Tom Browder" <tom.browder at gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>> Quoting Tom Browder <tom.browder at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> What about generating pdf versions of the nightly build docs?
>>>
>>> We need to get the docbook Makefile rules working "properly" instead
>>> of the current hack.   Feel free to send in a patch to fix it
>>> and I'll gladly set up a nightly build.
>
> I installed the necessary programs and now, with the docs trunk, after
> "./configure ; make pdf" I get a single pdf produced of the "Tutorial
> and Concepts Guide" [although it's not very attractive and has no
> front matter (table of contents, etc.)].
>
> Is that what you mean about the "current hack"?

Yep.

> If so, are the style sheets in error or is the docbook source not
> there to allow a fancy pdf doc?

The style sheets are usually distributed by docbook, but every distro
seems to install them into a different location.  We could use the
configure script to try to find them.  IIRC the email thread
from years ago listed at least two places to find them and how
to run the docbook commands to use them.

> -Tom

-derek

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