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do you have a more detailed write up for this publishing process? or some references that you followed to get this set up? I'm looking for alternate ways than

by asicsp 8y ago

do you have a more detailed write up for this publishing process? or some references that you followed to get this set up? I'm looking for alternate ways than just github-style-markdown+pandoc for creating ebooks for more features and polished look I'm also looking into alternates like https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown, https://github.com/hplgit/doconce https://github.com/hplgit/doconce and https://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/index.html https://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/index.html

acidburnNSA 8y ago
Not yet, but writing one for today's versions of all the tools is something I plan to do within a week. I can ping you if/when I get it up. I started with older links like this: https://pedrokroger.net/using-sphinx-write-technical-books/ https://pedrokroger.net/using-sphinx-write-technical-books/ This is inspiring but less useful: https://www.tompurl.com/2012-11-22-writing-a-book-with-vim.html https://www.tompurl.com/2012-11-22-writing-a-book-with-vim.h... This was useful for theming: https://github.com/FriendsOfEpub/eBookTricks https://github.com/FriendsOfEpub/eBookTricks
- asicsp 8y ago
  cool, thanks a lot for the links yeah, I'd like to know if your article is done - a reply to this comment would do, thanks again
  - acidburnNSA 8y ago
    Ok it's done: https://digitalsuperpowers.com/blog/2019-02-16-publishing-ebook.html https://digitalsuperpowers.com/blog/2019-02-16-publishing-eb...
    - asicsp 8y ago
      thanks a lot, will go through and get back to you if I have clarifications :) some suggestions if I may: * could you add your website to your HN profile? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=acidburnNSA https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=acidburnNSA - makes it easier to know about it, that was where I looked up first before commenting in this thread * just saw about your book on the website... for the regex video showcase, I see that you are using double quotes - I'd suggest to always use single quotes unless you need double quotes (see https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7680504/sed-substitution-with-bash-variables https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7680504/sed-substitution...) as double quotes are interpreted by the shell before it is passed to the command the topics covered in your book are super interesting and make for a nice workshop, will check it out :)
      - acidburnNSA 8y ago
        Cool, thank you for the suggestions. I added info to my profile. Thanks for the tip on double-quotes! I didn't fully grasp that nuance. Hey, maybe I should try to put on a little workshop as a book promotion. Thanks again.

by asicsp 8y ago

acidburnNSA 8y ago

Not yet, but writing one for today's versions of all the tools is something I plan to do within a week. I can ping you if/when I get it up. I started with older links like this: https://pedrokroger.net/using-sphinx-write-technical-books/ https://pedrokroger.net/using-sphinx-write-technical-books/ This is inspiring but less useful: https://www.tompurl.com/2012-11-22-writing-a-book-with-vim.html https://www.tompurl.com/2012-11-22-writing-a-book-with-vim.h... This was useful for theming: https://github.com/FriendsOfEpub/eBookTricks https://github.com/FriendsOfEpub/eBookTricks

asicsp 8y ago
cool, thanks a lot for the links yeah, I'd like to know if your article is done - a reply to this comment would do, thanks again
- acidburnNSA 8y ago
  Ok it's done: https://digitalsuperpowers.com/blog/2019-02-16-publishing-ebook.html https://digitalsuperpowers.com/blog/2019-02-16-publishing-eb...
  - asicsp 8y ago
    thanks a lot, will go through and get back to you if I have clarifications :) some suggestions if I may: * could you add your website to your HN profile? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=acidburnNSA https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=acidburnNSA - makes it easier to know about it, that was where I looked up first before commenting in this thread * just saw about your book on the website... for the regex video showcase, I see that you are using double quotes - I'd suggest to always use single quotes unless you need double quotes (see https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7680504/sed-substitution-with-bash-variables https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7680504/sed-substitution...) as double quotes are interpreted by the shell before it is passed to the command the topics covered in your book are super interesting and make for a nice workshop, will check it out :)
    - acidburnNSA 8y ago
      Cool, thank you for the suggestions. I added info to my profile. Thanks for the tip on double-quotes! I didn't fully grasp that nuance. Hey, maybe I should try to put on a little workshop as a book promotion. Thanks again.