On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Steven J Long <sl...@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > Michael Mol wrote: > >> I'd like to have the Handbook in a format convenient for reading in >> ebook readers. >> >> Now, I know I could take the existing HTML files and convert them, but >> I think it'd be nicer if I could get the handbook maintenance scripts >> to automate a conversion process, and then I could download the epub. >> >> Who would I talk to get something like that in the works? >> > You'd talk to the Documentation project: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp/index.xml
I'll poke at these this evening, probably. > > aiui most of the people listed there aren't that active outside their > own area; for ages nightmorph had been under a load of pressure, until > swift rejoined the project. > > See the bottom of the page for contact details; you'll most likely want to > join their mailing list. There's also a link to understanding the pretty > simple GuideXML used. (I have to say it's one of the few applications of > XML I really like.) >> >> (I've also got an idea about autogenerating, e.g. Android apps, so >> that I could get up-to-date versions of the handbook on my phone and >> tablet at all times. But I'd need to learn a bit more before I knew >> how to autogenerate that.) >> > Sounds good :-) If you need help with scripting there's the "Portage & > Programming" forum, the gentoo-devhelp ML, #gentoo-dev-help (yes they're > hyphenated differently) #bash and #awk, and ofc #friendly-coders on irc > server: chat.freenode.net. IRC really is worth getting on to if you're not > already online as it's _really_ easy to get expert help quickly (so long as > you bear in mind it's all voluntary and shelter from the beasts in a > friendly channel;) and practically all the devs are there in various places. > -- > #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-) I'm on just under two dozen channels on Freenode right now. You'll notice me as 'mikemol'. I'll add to my lurk set. :) -- :wq
