Обсуждение: Duplex hardcopy documents

Hello.

I have written to Thomas Lockhart about making the hardcopy
documentation Duplex enabled but didn't get any respond, so I thought
that I might post it in here (I believe that he didn't get my mail).

I would like to contribute if it would be possible, but have little
time until my summer vacation which start about the end of June, but
what I would really like is a hard copy of the documentation which is
possible to print out in duplex format (I know that this would double
the needed capacity for the documentatiuon, but it would be enough to
have a few distributions which is separated by the format (A4 or
Letter) and the book form (simplex or duplex), which could be in four
distributions (each form and each format - I know that this would
clutter up the distributions, but then again, we wouldn't like
people to download things that they don't need, do we).

The hard part (as I see it) is to make the duplex format, which
require each chapter to be on a odd page (by possibly inserting
empty even pages between chapters), and odd pagenumbers to be placed
on the right side and even pagenumbers on the left side.

I do know that Thomas is making a lot of work just to produce the
hardcopy versions of the documentation, but if I could assist, I
would be happy to make the work that is nedded to make the duplex
version of the documentation, I just need to to know what has to be
done.

Yours faithfully.
Finn Kettner.

> I do know that Thomas is making a lot of work just to produce the
> hardcopy versions of the documentation, but if I could assist, I
> would be happy to make the work that is nedded to make the duplex
> version of the documentation, I just need to to know what has to be
> done.

The current process for creating the hardcopy involves ApplixWare. I
just haven't had time to look through and see what the duplex
possibilities are. The process is pretty trouble-free, *except* that
the jade RTF for the reference pages causes some problems that take
quite a bit of hand-editing to fix.

If I can do duplex easily, then consider it done (after some more mail
from you to remind me to look). If not, perhaps you would want to
investigate other possibilities (which you have already volunteered to
look at I think).

Shall we talk again in a couple of weeks, or in June? I look forward
to your contribution(s).

Regards.

                     - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California