From: Philip Mateescu <philip@...>
Date: 2002-04-16T06:42:46+09:00
Subject: Fw: Problem with the PDF of Programming Ruby

Hi.

Dave, I was wondering what have you used to generate the PDF for the
Programming Ruby book ?
Though I found some problems with the PDF, I have the need for such a
tool....


Thank you very much.
philip



> Hi Dave,
>
> I've downloaded the PDF version of the Programming Ruby (thank you very
much
> for making it available) - ProgrammingRuby-0.2.pdf
>
> I've noticed some strange page mixups.
> 1. Within Built-in classes and methods (p. 375) clicking on the "class
> Array" brings me to page 38. That is, the Array reference is between the
> "Classes, Objects and Variables" section (p. 27) and the "Containers,
Blocks
> and Iterators" (p. 53) when it should be between "Standard LLibrary -
class
> Complex" (p. 383) and "class Bignum" (p. 409).
> The following are samples of what "seems" to be mismatched pages:
> - "class Class" is on page 341 after "class Module" - when in the index is
> shown after "class Binding"
> - "class Object" is on page 63, right after "Containers, Blocks and
> Iterators", while in the index is show after "class Numeric"
> (although, kinda strange, there are some pages narrower that others;
> compared in Fit Width, 63 seems to be larger than 62)
> - "class File" is on page 70, after "class Object" when it should be after
> "class FalseClass"
> - "class Hash" is on page 229, when it should follow "class Float" (p.
436)
> ... and others...
>
> The inconsistencies seem to lay mainly within "Build-in Classes and
> Methods".
>
> Another nice feature would be to have real page numbering - I assume
you're
> using some sort of html2pdf convertor since bottom of every page prints
> something like:
> http://www.rubycentral.com/book/builtins.html (2 of 4) [7/20/2001 9:49:42
> PM]
>
> Thanks you very very very much,
> philip
>