Thread: Hardcopy docs available
I've posted the 7.1 hardcopy (postscript) docs at ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/doc/7.1/*.ps.gz and http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs I've also generated standalone html versions of the docs in case someone wants that format. All are available at the http reference above. I was not able to get into the site to test the ftp connection, but it *should* work. Let me know if it does not. Also, if there is interest in an A4 layout of the docs, let me know... afaik things should be available on mirrors by tomorrow. - Thomas Can someone generate PDF versions of these? Sorry I can't remember all those who volunteered, so perhaps we should coordinate on the -hackers list so folks don't duplicate work. Thanks!
> Can someone generate PDF versions of these? Sorry I can't remember all > those who volunteered, so perhaps we should coordinate on the -hackers > list so folks don't duplicate work. Thanks! If you have Postscript, does ps2pdf do anything useful for you? The issue is that the site that generated the Postscript should be the one who generates the PDF because the font metrics use to generate the Postscript should be the same as the fonts embedded in the PDF file. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
There may be a better way to create PDF files if you have TeX. See http://www.tug.org/applications/jadetex/ I haven't used Jade, so I don't know, but the PDF files that are output by pdftex and pdflatex are smaller than those created by ps2pdf and easier to read on your monitor (I think because they use the built-in PDF fonts where they can.) Ken Hirsch All your database are belong to us ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> To: <lockhart@fourpalms.org> Cc: "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Hardcopy docs available > > Can someone generate PDF versions of these? Sorry I can't remember all > > those who volunteered, so perhaps we should coordinate on the -hackers > > list so folks don't duplicate work. Thanks! > > If you have Postscript, does ps2pdf do anything useful for you? The > issue is that the site that generated the Postscript should be the one > who generates the PDF because the font metrics use to generate the > Postscript should be the same as the fonts embedded in the PDF file. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > There may be a better way to create PDF files if you have TeX. See > http://www.tug.org/applications/jadetex/ > > I haven't used Jade, so I don't know, but the PDF files that are output by > pdftex and pdflatex are smaller than those created by ps2pdf and easier to > read on your monitor (I think because they use the built-in PDF fonts where > they can.) There is nothing inherent with TeX that makes embedded fonts more or less likely. You will need Ghostscript >= 6.0 to embed any nonstandard fonts. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
Okay, you're right. I just updated my Ghostscript to 7.00 (just out) and it produced very nice PDFs. I can upload them somewhere if you give me an FTP address. Ken Hirsch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> To: "Ken Hirsch" <kenhirsch@myself.com> Cc: <lockhart@fourpalms.org>; "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Hardcopy docs available > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > There may be a better way to create PDF files if you have TeX. See > > http://www.tug.org/applications/jadetex/ > > > > I haven't used Jade, so I don't know, but the PDF files that are output by > > pdftex and pdflatex are smaller than those created by ps2pdf and easier to > > read on your monitor (I think because they use the built-in PDF fonts where > > they can.) > > There is nothing inherent with TeX that makes embedded fonts more or > less likely. You will need Ghostscript >= 6.0 to embed any nonstandard > fonts. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 >
> I've posted the 7.1 hardcopy (postscript) docs at > > ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/doc/7.1/*.ps.gz > > and > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs > > I've also generated standalone html versions of the docs in case someone > wants that format. All are available at the http reference above. Great work! > I was not able to get into the site to test the ftp connection, but it > *should* work. Let me know if it does not. Also, if there is interest in > an A4 layout of the docs, let me know... Yes, please. We need A4 layout... -- Tatsuo Ishii
> Okay, you're right. I just updated my Ghostscript to 7.00 (just out) and it
> produced very nice PDFs. I can upload them somewhere if you give me an FTP
> address.
Just mail them to me and I'll post them for you. ps2pdf seems to do a
nice (simple) job from the 5.50 version I'm running, so presumably 7.00
will do even better.
- Thomas
> ... if there is interest in an A4 layout of the docs, let me know...
I've gotten several requests for the A4 format, and have completed four
of the six docs in that format. Thanks for the feedback. They should be
available in the next couple of days...
- Thomas
> > ... if there is interest in an A4 layout of the docs, let me know...
> I've gotten several requests for the A4 format, and have completed four
> of the six docs in that format. Thanks for the feedback. They should be
> available in the next couple of days...
OK, A4 docs are now posted on the web site and the ftp site. Also, I've
put copies of the html tarballs on the ftp site, so there should now be
tarballs, two kinds of postscript, and PDFs available there.
If someone wants to run the A4 docs through a PDF converter, send 'em to
me and I'll post them too.
- Thomas
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Thomas Lockhart wrote: > > > ... if there is interest in an A4 layout of the docs, let me know... > > I've gotten several requests for the A4 format, and have completed four > > of the six docs in that format. Thanks for the feedback. They should be > > available in the next couple of days... > > OK, A4 docs are now posted on the web site and the ftp site. Also, I've > put copies of the html tarballs on the ftp site, so there should now be > tarballs, two kinds of postscript, and PDFs available there. > > If someone wants to run the A4 docs through a PDF converter, send 'em to > me and I'll post them too. Tom, ps2pdf is on hub. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ==========================================================================
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Thomas Lockhart wrote: > If someone wants to run the A4 docs through a PDF converter, send 'em to > me and I'll post them too. I just did the userA4 pdf from hub with this: $ gzcat userA4.ps.gz | ps2pdf - > userA4.pdf Do you want me to do the rest of them? Or we can probably have the makindex script do it for us. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo atPop4 Networking Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ==========================================================================
> > If someone wants to run the A4 docs through a PDF converter, send 'em to
> > me and I'll post them too.
> I just did the userA4 pdf from hub with this:
> $ gzcat userA4.ps.gz | ps2pdf - > userA4.pdf
> Do you want me to do the rest of them? Or we can probably have the
> makindex script do it for us.
Sure. Anything is fine.
- Thomas