Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:31:43 -0400 From: "Michael B. Eichorn" <ike@michaeleichorn.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, m8r-qatwhq@mailinator.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Documentation Project: Is it just me or anyone is interested in reading the FAQ and Hand Message-ID: <1445700703.13154.46.camel@michaeleichorn.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510232226490.27415@wonkity.com> References: <20151023160313.9009FD5796@emkei.cz> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1510232226490.27415@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 2015-10-23 at 22:29 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, John via freebsd-questions wrote:
>
> > I've been reading long articles, web pages on the Kindle for years
> > and
> > have no problems converting most HTML pages to Kindle format.
> > However,
> > I just learned the FAQ and Handbook are not plain simple [Single
> > HTML]
> > files converting fine with default settings with Calibre to ebook,
> > but
> > in 'XML DocBook' format (never heard of it before) which convert to
> > an
> > ebook containing its main content in a table with Calibre conversion
> > (with default settings), which less so readable.
>
> Sorry, having trouble following the question. The documentation
> sources
> are in DocBook XML. Several output file formats are generated from
> those sources, including split ("chunked") HTML, single HTML, PDF, and
> other formats. The HTML documents have a link at the start to choose
> the single or split form.
>
> > The reason I'm asking if it is only my interest, or, perhaps can be
> > in
> > the interest of many is, if the latter, then it would be useful to
> > make information on how to get the documentation in Kindle or EPUB
> > format more clearly visible on the page - or, perhaps even offer
> > direct downloads - , as I guess more people are familiar with these -
> > and maybe even find them more useful - than 'XML DocBook.'
>
> We should offer EPUB formats. I do not have a device that uses them,
> but understood they could be created from PDFs.
EPUB is a known project that is just awaiting the hands to do it:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#EPUB_Support_in_Documentation_Build_In
frastructure
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