[fpc-devel] Too big documentation images

Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Sun May 25 10:42:14 CEST 2008


On Sun, 25 May 2008 10:31:23 +0200 (CEST)
Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sat, 24 May 2008, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Michael Van Canneyt
> > <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
> > > Anyway, unless someone else starts providing a good set, the next
> > > releases will no have html manuals any more. Only PDF.
> > 
> > No, please =)

I second that.

> > 
> > What do you mean by good set? A good set of pictures?
> 
> No. A good set of complete HTML docs. The pictures are not the only
> issues. Ligatures are also an issue, special characters also, links
> are often wrong. The converter (tex4ht) is no longer maintained or
> supported by some big distros.
> 
> > My idea would be just taking the current ones and cutting the white
> > area. Shouldn't that be enougth?
> 
> No, because they would be overwritten the next time the docs are
> built.

So, the biggest issue is to find a latex to html converter?

Mattias



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