From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-04-08T16:13:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:13552] Re: Pragmatic programmers guide to ruby

patrick hennebery <patrick@.zetabits.co.jp> writes:

> > The book's available for download at
> > 
> >    http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ruby/downloads/book.html
> 
> Yes, I have seen that my question now I guess is not really related
> to ruby in any way other than the fact that it is the ruby book I
> would like to print in part. How would I print the XML document?

You'd typically write an XSLT 'program' to transform it into whatever
style you want. So, for example, we have an XSLT file that generates
the HTML that you also download.

We did not generate the printed book from this XML. If we'd realized
then that we'd be releasing the source, we probably would have, but
instead we wrote the original using LaTeX, as it let us mix
typographic control in with the text.�

> > (which is probably why our Amazon sales rank is trending towards
> > infinity. Sigh)
> 
> Its a lot harder to even imagine not buying a book when you actually
> talk to an author of the book and he puts on such a puppy dog face
> like that ;-). I feel bad for only ordering one, now.

Sorry, I've got the flu, so a touch of pathos creeps out every now and
then. :)

The online versions are there to be downloaded and printed. I believe
they are now even making their ways into Unix distributions (thanks to
some great work by volunteers). Share and enjoy.


Dave

Footnotes: 
�  Which breaks 'separate content from presentation', but that was a
rule invented by someone who didn't have to balance facing pages. :)