The FreeBSD Documentation Project: Is it just me or anyone is interested in reading the FAQ and Hand

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Sat Oct 24 15:56:31 UTC 2015


On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Michael B. Eichorn wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-10-23 at 22:29 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>>
>> 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_Infrastructure

Not really hands, but specifics.  What is the best source format for 
conversion?  Are there command-line tools for conversion that would not 
bloat our doc toolchain too much?  Is the best way to use another XSL 
transformation like the one that produces the HTML version?  Is there an 
existing set of stylesheets for a DocBook to EPUB transformation that 
could be used?

So it comes up, but either other projects have a higher priority, or 
volunteer motivation is lacking, or both.  Help with this is welcome.


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