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> Markdown source (2001) This looked like a peculiar anachronism, as Markdown was created in 2004. But apparently this isn't the original source, but rather a

by tobr 7y ago

> Markdown source (2001) This looked like a peculiar anachronism, as Markdown was created in 2004. But apparently this isn't the original source, but rather a scraped HTML[1] version converted to Markdown[2] in 2013. 1: https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-black-book/commit/b946ff9e70a7dc0c313f107833935e53c71a7935 https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-black-book/commit/b946ff... 2: https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-black-book/commit/5e10794a24a45e84a709e64577912999fe5bc557 https://github.com/jagregory/abrash-black-book/commit/5e1079...

jagregory 7y ago
Repo owner here. You are correct, not sure why this wasn’t made clearer by OP. Book released 1997, made available online in 2001, converted to Markdown/ePub/etc by me in 2013.
- zeristor 7y ago
  Nice work. I don’t know if I’m ahead of the curve but iBooks on iPadOS beta 13.1 comes up with a resource error for the ePub; don’t try this at home kids. I trust there’s a way to get iBooks log files to fix issues...
- app4soft 7y ago
  Could you also add PDF version? (converted from Markdown)
  - big_chungus 7y ago
    You can add the following target to the Makefile: pdf: rm -f out/black-book.pdf pandoc --to pdf -t latex --pdf-engine=xelatex -o out/black-book.pdf --toc $(FILES) Or here's a link to the copy I generated: https://u.teknik.io/pAxm9.pdf https://u.teknik.io/pAxm9.pdf
- emptybits 7y ago
  OP here. Sorry if there was confusion. I came across your repo and was giddy with excitement to see it and wanted to immediately tell the world! :-) This book was a big deal for me in the late 1990s, still working as a game programmer. My copies were lost or loaned and I think I heard angels sing (or tracker/chip tunes?) when I discovered your repo. ;-) I suffixed the headline "2019 V1.1 Release", trying for some clarity, since that was the most recent event I saw in the repo. Then it was re-headlined by someone else because that was also, apparently, confusing. Sorry! But THANK YOU for your work!
- pronoiac 7y ago
  Out of curiosity, how did you do the html to markdown conversion?

by tobr 7y ago

jagregory 7y ago

Repo owner here. You are correct, not sure why this wasn’t made clearer by OP. Book released 1997, made available online in 2001, converted to Markdown/ePub/etc by me in 2013.

zeristor 7y ago
Nice work. I don’t know if I’m ahead of the curve but iBooks on iPadOS beta 13.1 comes up with a resource error for the ePub; don’t try this at home kids. I trust there’s a way to get iBooks log files to fix issues...
app4soft 7y ago
Could you also add PDF version? (converted from Markdown)
- big_chungus 7y ago
  You can add the following target to the Makefile: pdf: rm -f out/black-book.pdf pandoc --to pdf -t latex --pdf-engine=xelatex -o out/black-book.pdf --toc $(FILES) Or here's a link to the copy I generated: https://u.teknik.io/pAxm9.pdf https://u.teknik.io/pAxm9.pdf
emptybits 7y ago
OP here. Sorry if there was confusion. I came across your repo and was giddy with excitement to see it and wanted to immediately tell the world! :-) This book was a big deal for me in the late 1990s, still working as a game programmer. My copies were lost or loaned and I think I heard angels sing (or tracker/chip tunes?) when I discovered your repo. ;-) I suffixed the headline "2019 V1.1 Release", trying for some clarity, since that was the most recent event I saw in the repo. Then it was re-headlined by someone else because that was also, apparently, confusing. Sorry! But THANK YOU for your work!
pronoiac 7y ago
Out of curiosity, how did you do the html to markdown conversion?