[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Local download page for 16 Sugar Related Floss Manual .pdf files

Kevin Mauricio Benavides Castro kmbc141290 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 21 12:43:18 EST 2011


I've downloaded and I've seen and is much better

but you should host this file elsewhere if it does not work in the future? this
is an idea



2011/1/21 James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com>

> Thomas,
>
> I have generated a PDF for the Spanish version of MYOSA which does NOT
> have the funny characters in it.  I used the method used for creating
> a PDF for a printed book (OBJAVI II).  I did not do the work required
> to actually make a PDF good enough for a printed book.  All I did was
> take the defaults, and the title page is still in English because I
> don't know Spanish.  However, this PDF may suit your purposes better
> than what you have now.
>
>
> http://objavi.flossmanuals.net/books/ActivitiesGuideSugares-es-2011.01.21-18.28.05.pdf
>
> Be sure and copy this somewhere, as I don't think this link will work
> forever.
>
> James Simmons
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Thomas C Gilliard
> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
> > James;
> >
> > Thanks. It does look much better. I like the multiple formats to
> download.
> > You should announce this on the lists. Maybe you did and I missed it.
> >
> > These Manuals are an invaluable addition to sugar.
> >
> > I added a link to it here:
> >
> > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Floss_Manuals
> >
> > Regards;
> > Tom Gilliard
> > satellit
> >
> > James Simmons wrote:
> >
> > Thomas,
> >
> > There is more than one kind of PDF from FLOSS Manuals.  The ones
> > available from the link on the website are good for reading online.
> > The other PDF is the one submitted to Lulu to create bound and printed
> > books.  This one might be better for reading on the XO with the Read
> > Activity too.
> >
> > If you want to compare the two kinds of PDF you can check out the PDF
> > at the Internet Archive for "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!":
> >
> > http://www.archive.org/details/MakeYourOwnSugarActivities
> >
> > The PDF you have included should be OK for your purposes, but I
> > thought you might benefit from knowing about the other kind.  The
> > second kind of PDF needs a custom style sheet and a fair amount of
> > manual effort to create, because it will be the basis for a printed
> > book.
> >
> > The Internet Archive is a good second home for any publications we
> > create.  For MYOSA I not only posted the PDF, I also generated EPUB
> > and MOBI (Kindle) formats and uploaded them.  One of the benefits of
> > the FM software is that it will generate an EPUB, which is easily
> > converted to MOBI using calibre.  This means you can have a nice ebook
> > for the Read Activity plus iPad and Kindle.
> >
> > James Simmons
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
> > <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have uploaded 16.pdf files to:
> >
> > http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/floss_manuals/
> >
> > Links have been added to:
> >
> > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Floss_Manuals
> >
> > I hope that this is an appropriate thing to do.
> > Having a local copy of the latest Manuals seemed like a good thing to do.
> >
> > (I am in the process of updating the Sugar Creation Kit.DVD and needed to
> > include them in it.)
> >
> > Tom Gilliard
> > satellit
> >
> > Re: [Sugar-devel] Git introductory material (Fwd: git top links: 2011-1)
> >
> > 01/19/2011 03:18 PM
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 09:11:26AM -0600, James Simmons wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately, the FLOSS Manuals website seems to be having issues
> > this morning, but when it comes back up you should be able to find the
> > chapter and link to it.
> >
> >
> > Perhaps a copy of this book could be held on Sugar Labs infrastructure?
> >
> > --
> >
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