[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Chef wiki in non-PDF form?

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Confluence version 4.3 has mobile-friendly.

The Opscode wiki is 3.5.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Morgan Blackthorne
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> The formatting was the issue. I'm not trying to use the wiki as a portable
> reference, I'm trying to read it like a book (since the only book out there
> I can find is the Test Driven one which isn't really a good intro to using
> Chef from what I've skimmed so far).
>
> Alternatively, a mobile-friendly view for Confluence would work, too.
>
> On Aug 2, 2012 11:10 AM, "Tim Green" 
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>> I just converted to ePub without any issues using Calibre (albeit the
>> formatting doesn't look that good) - what was your issue?   Want me to
>> upload the ePub somewhere for you?
>> If you've got a little bit of extra time, there's a pretty good ePub
>> editing tool called Sigil that you could clean it up with.
>>
>> Let me know.
>>
>> -Tim
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>> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Edward Morbius wrote:
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>> A very, very strong second on this. I'm reading on an Android phone,
>> where PDFs are worse than useless, and ePubs are awesome (plug for the
>> Moon+Reader, free).
>>
>> There's a third-party, non-free plugin for Atlassian to render output
>> to ePub. Alternatively, if there were a way to start with a
>> single-page HTML view, *and* strip much of the cruft (sidebars, etc.)
>> that accompany the wiki, this might also work.
>>
>> My own sense is that ePub (or something very much like it) should
>> supplant PDF as the online documentation standard.
>>
>> It even has wins over HTML, in that software manages ePub books well,
>> and tends to conform to end-user preferences for styling rather than
>> the author's. It's a format that's designed for reading and
>> readability, not a hybrid information / application platform, as HTML
>> is rapidly becoming.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Morgan Blackthorne
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>>  wrote:
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>> I'm looking to read up on the wiki in my spare time, but on my Nook Color
>> (it's easier for me to read when my arthritis is acting up and I need to
>> lay
>> down). However, the PDF format is.... not so good for an ereader.
>>
>> Is there an alternative form like EPUB or MOBI or such that I could
>> download, or a script that I could use to generate it instead of the PDF?
>> That would be greatly appreciated (especially as I'm trying to recover
>> from
>> having my eyes dilated yesterday; flowable text would work great with
>> being
>> able to bump up the text size).
>>
>> --
>> ~*~ StormeRider ~*~
>>
>> "Every world needs its heroes [...] They inspire us to be better than we
>> are. And they protect from the darkness that's just around the corner."
>>
>> (from Smallville Season 6x1: "Zod")
>>
>> On why I hate the phrase "that's so lame"...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Ed Morbius
>> Chief Scientist / Philologist / Robot Wrangler / Powerplant Operator
>> Krell Power Systems Unlimited
>>
>>
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