[OLPC library] OLPC-health

[adam hyde]

hey all,

I have been traveling and just picked up in this thread. I have used
scribus a lot for DTP for PDF and print-on-demand source file (PDF)
generation. 

We (FLOSS Manuals) scripted it using the internal python api to import
chapters from our manuals and format it nicely. Here is an example of
the PDF generated via scribus for print:
http://www.flossmanuals.net/publish/PDF/Avidemux_w_cover.pdf

from this source material:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/avidemux



adam




On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 23:54 -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2008 9:51 PM, Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com> wrote:
> > I've looked at Scribus.  And it's very beta still. It has some potential to
> > be great software eventually, but it is nowhere near InDesign.
> 
> I haven't used InDesign, but in my many years using FrameMaker I
> considered it fairly beta the whole time. Basic design errors, memory
> leaks, missing functions, display bugs,...
> 
> > And it can't
> > read the source files at all.  I will likely be using Scribus for the
> > printed XO manual later on this month, so I hope it isn't as bad as it
> > seems. :S
> 
> We may need to send a few volunteers to clean up Scribus, then. Has
> anybody on the devel list looked at what needs to be done for Scribus?
> They could start exploring here.
> http://bugs.scribus.net/roadmap_page.php
> 
> Maybe we should start a Wiki page for Free Software projects that are
> needed for laptop work, even if they won't go on the laptops.
> 
> > > It'd be really nice if we had a way to dish out work like that. Doing
> > > a single chapter is a manageable chunk of work, and the result is
> > > visible right away. I think it's fun to do, except for the part where
> > > it takes 100 hours to do the whole book if you have to do it alone.
> > >
> > > If we can setup a team of people working on jobs like this, it'll be
> > > more fun and diverse for everyone.
> > >
> >
> > I've been working on restructuring the [[Health]] pages on the wiki and I'm
> > working my way into restructuring the participate and volunteering pages in
> > general.  If we really want people to get involved, we need to better
> > document what you're doing, what the work flow would be, what skills are
> > required, and get the word out there.
> >
> > Volunteer coordination is hard, but worth it. :)
> 
> We need a project page for each activity, each document set, and much
> of the basic hardware and software development, and we need to prod
> people to sign up there. Then we have to create pages to index it all,
> or at least make sure that category markers are applied consistently.
> 
> > Seth
> >
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> >
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> >
> > >
> > > - Pascal.
> > >
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-- 
Adam Hyde
FLOSS Manuals

http://www.flossmanuals.net