Benigno, The file is located here -- http://76.185.48.154/images/web2pyart1.pdf
Is a PDF 'the' solution. No. Its one maybe of a select few output formats we should use. As to delivery I have modified my thinking thanks to Alex. I suggested that vision here -- http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/9a59133439f0b110# JohnMc On Jul 22, 5:38 am, Benigno <bca...@albendas.com> wrote: > I do not know if I am understanding this correctly, but if the > proposal right now is to make a PDF and a zip file, or even just a zip > file with all the contents and maybe some text indicating what will be > found inside, I do think its not good to search on, nor to review and > even less if its something that may be "alive" in the sense that it > may get updated. > > I still do think, that these articles should be html-ish. Be it wiki, > be it Sphinx, or even a Blog, with a clear date set on them, and > easily updatable (so as to be able to say when a document may be > outdated), easily searchable, and if possible with comments available. > If on top of that, we link downloadable files, well, so much the > better. But to learn to do something, I do not normally want to > download and install anything. Furthermore, if the whole code is to be > placed, I'd rather look at something GitHubish, or sourceforge or TRAC > or anything that would allow to link to it, and let people check the > code without actually needing to download the whole thing. > > Anyway, I may be completelly off track, and you are proposing a much > simpler scenario. > > JohnMC, > I didnt see your file, where is it to read it?. > > Alex, > I've still to finish the little paypal project I am doing. I posted > here in the groups a couple of things a week ago or so. However, you > can check an NVP example at the examples repository at web2py website, > if you are looking for a full integration of payments etc. If you are > looking for something more google-ish, then I posted the little code > it takes to send the information to Paypal and have it working. Now I > am working on the PDT (payment data transfer) and IPN if time allows. > I'll let you know and will write an article as soon as a this is all > sorted out. > > On Jul 22, 3:53 am, Alex Fanjul <alex.fan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's a great Idea John!! I bet for that! > > One self-contained zip file, with all ready to start, documentation, > > testing, etc. > > We would have to throw out all the innecesary examples, code, things in > > such a .*h*w2p (:D) files. > > > regards, > > Alex > > > El 21/07/2009 5:11, JohnMc escribió: > > > > Alex, > > > > Certainly can, and will. > > > > Fact it brings up yet another 'opportunity' for consideration. > > > Hopefully the How2Pys will include the sample code run ready. If that > > > is the case why not just put the documentation in /static? (or > > > someplace better?) That way it is totally contained in the .zip/.w2p > > > application. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > JohnMc > > > > On Jul 20, 5:51 pm, Alex Fanjul<alex.fan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Wow!! impressive John...! > > >> Could you provide us with an example zip application ready to install in > > >> web2py? > > > >> thanks in advance!! > > >> alex f > > > >> El 20/07/2009 23:12, JohnMc escribió: > > > >>> Ok, here is a draft of the article > > >>> --http://76.185.48.154/images/web2pyart1.pdf. > > > >>> Have not applied a great deal off formatting. Looking for input as to > > >>> preferences in that regard. > > > >>> JohnMc > > > >>> On Jul 19, 10:13 pm, Yarko Tymciurak<yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Tim Michelsen > > >>>> <timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de>wrote: > > > >>>>>> A directed question if I may. What tools do you use to create the > > >>>>>> rest > > >>>>>> doc that goes into Sphinx. > > > >>>>> I tried to show some here: > > > >>>>>http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~timmie/web2py/web2py-appdocu/annotate/he...<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Etimmie/web2py/web2py-appdocu/annotate/...> > > > >>>> This was Timmies patch for web2py documenting - and his proposal to > > >>>> follow > > >>>> numpy standards (a good starting point, I thought, and continue to > > >>>> think, > > >>>> but too detailed for web2py sources). I got partway thru parsing this > > >>>> down > > >>>> to what I thought would be useful essentials for web2py; I need to > > >>>> send > > >>>> this to Massimo. In the end, too many people working at once, and no > > >>>> coherent direction, so this confused the issue / task (too many / no > > >>>> chiefs; > > >>>> incongruent effort), and I just dropped it until this aspect cooled > > >>>> (anyway, > > >>>> other things in my life took priority at the time). > > > >>>> I haven't tried prettytable (write python code to generate ascii > > >>>> table; but > > >>>> could be useful to dump existing data). > > > >>>> The shell scripts for making web2py specific sphinx docs I don't think > > >>>> apply > > >>>> to your question of what tools do I use to create rest (that is, the > > >>>> structured format of the content). > > > >>>> But bottom line is still - you can easily just use a normal text > > >>>> editor.... > > > >>>> To get a feel for this - to convince yourself that as a edit / > > >>>> contributor > > >>>> this is "sane", just look at one of the "show source" links on any of > > >>>> the > > >>>> sphinx docs > > >>>> e.g.http://sphinx.pocoo.org/_sources/intro.txtofhttp://sphinx.pocoo.org/i... > > >>>> other sphinx docs listed here:http://sphinx.pocoo.org/examples.html > > > >>>> - Yarko > > > >>>>> you can use a simple editor that involves good syntax highlighting. > > >>>>> Like > > >>>>> HTML... > > > >>>>> Or see the post on Lyx. > > > >> -- > > >> Alejandro Fanjul Fdez. > > >> alex.fan...@gmail.comwww.mhproject.org > > > -- > > Alejandro Fanjul Fdez. > > alex.fan...@gmail.comwww.mhproject.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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