[TYPO3-mvc] Book by Rau & Kurfürst. English translation as a .pdf file?

[Fabien Udriot]

Hi Ernesto,

> someone from the project should update the Wiki page then [1] which is
> prominently linked from the projects start page, and still talks about
> DocBook and do not mention ReST at all.

Thanks for the pointer. I have updated its content to reflect more the current state

>  From the outsider perspective, it somehow looks like it takes more time
> to translate the ready book than to write it in the first place. :) But
> I might be wrong...

First, it was the DocBook format as a technical barrier for translators which turns out to slow down 
the translation pace. After the move to reST - although it has become easier to translate - we have 
been still lacking a proper build chain which keep the motivation up. This build chain is under 
progress but not yet completed. As a temporary measure, we have set up 
http://docs.typo3incubator.org/ExtbaseFluidBook/_build/html/Index.html which is refreshed every 5 
minutes.

Anyway, a few chapters are still missing but the project mainly needs reviewer who can ensure the 
quality of the translation and take of the details (indentation of snippet, add labels). Any help 
appreciate. More info about how to contribute can be read on the Wiki 
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/book_extbase_fluid/wiki/Index

Cheers,

Fabien

>
> Cheers,
> Ernesto
>
> [1] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/book_extbase_fluid/wiki/Index
>
>
> Nicolas Forgerit schrieb am 02.01.2012 18:20:
>> Hey Mario,
>>
>> you'd first need to check out from the repository [1], then install
>> something like Sphinx, which is a python-built renderer for
>> REStructured Text (the format of the books files),  then you'd
>> generate the docs via the Makefile that is shipped along with the
>> repository. Because the whole process can be somewhat cumbersome (and
>> because you remembered me to generate a current version of the
>> translated docs for myself ;) ) i created an archive which you may
>> download from there [3].
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Ciao Nico
>>
>> [1] https://svn.typo3.org/TYPO3v4/Documentation/book_extbase_fluid/trunk
>> [2] http://sphinx.pocoo.org/
>> [3] http://www.file-upload.net/download-3996969/extbase_book_html_en.zip.html
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 5:29 PM, mario chiari<m at mariochiari.net>  wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I see that you have an almost complete draft of the english translation
>>> of the book by Jochen Rau&  Sebastian Kurfürst
>>> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/book_extbase_fluid
>>>
>>> I see how to download single portions of the draft as .rst files, e.g.
>>> http://forge.typo3.org/projects/book_extbase_fluid/repository/raw/trunk/Documentation/0-Introduction/1-short-history.rst
>>>
>>> I wonder whether it is possible to download the entire draft as a .pdf
>>> file, is it? Indeed, it would be nice to get a copy with german original
>>> text for still untraslated portions.
>>>
>>> I appreciate if Fabien (fab1en) or Patrick (pschuster) let me know.
>
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