Обсуждение: Reformat docs for duplex printing

I've downloaded the PostgreSQL documentation from sourceforge. In
particular, the admin.ps.gz, programmer.ps.gz, tutorial.ps.gz, and
user.ps.gz. I then gunzip'ed these and did a "ps2pdf". The documents seem
to be formatted for a letter printer in simplex (single sided) mode. I
would like to print these documents on my duplex (doubled
sided) laser. Granted, I can do this from the simplex formatted
versions. But it doesn't look as nice. I was wondering if there is a way
that I can get the source for the documents so that I can format it
"properly". What this means, to me. Is that the page numbers are always on
the "outside", the margins are mirrored so that the "inside" margin is
slightly greater than the "outside" margin (for binding), and the chapters
all start on a "front" page.

Any help?

Oh, I have downloaded the PostgreSQL source and see a bunch of "htm" files
in the /doc subdirectory, but I can't figure out how to create the
Postscript output from these (if, indeed, I can).

John McKown

> I've downloaded the PostgreSQL documentation from sourceforge...

Not sure what they have grabbed, but we'll assume that it is a recent
version? Perhaps you can fill us in on what is there since we are not a
sourceforge-based project.

> ... (is) formatted for a letter printer in simplex (single sided) mode.

Yes. I suggest reading the docs (the html version ;), looking in the
appendix which discusses the doc building procedure.

I have the hardcopy in ApplixWare for final formatting, and presumably
could talk Applix into coughing up double-sided stuff. Do you have that
tool? If so I could send you the intermediate .aw files.

> Oh, I have downloaded the PostgreSQL source and see a bunch of "htm" files
> in the /doc subdirectory, but I can't figure out how to create the
> Postscript output from these (if, indeed, I can).

Nope. Docs start in DocBook sgml, not html.

                    - Thomas

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > I've downloaded the PostgreSQL documentation from sourceforge...
>
> Not sure what they have grabbed, but we'll assume that it is a recent
> version? Perhaps you can fill us in on what is there since we are not a
> sourceforge-based project.

sourceforge was listed somewhere as a mirror, so I went there. I usually
get good download speeds from their server.

>
> > ... (is) formatted for a letter printer in simplex (single sided) mode.
>
> Yes. I suggest reading the docs (the html version ;), looking in the
> appendix which discusses the doc building procedure.

Thanks, I'll see if I can understand the doc building procedure.

>
> I have the hardcopy in ApplixWare for final formatting, and presumably
> could talk Applix into coughing up double-sided stuff. Do you have that
> tool? If so I could send you the intermediate .aw files.

I do have ApplixWare. However, ever since I upgraded my glibc, it simply
does a segfault. So I can't use it anymore. I'll probably be sticking with
OpenSource software to the best that I can any more!

>
> > Oh, I have downloaded the PostgreSQL source and see a bunch of "htm" files
> > in the /doc subdirectory, but I can't figure out how to create the
> > Postscript output from these (if, indeed, I can).
>
> Nope. Docs start in DocBook sgml, not html.
>
>                     - Thomas
>

Thanks a lot for the pointers. I'll sure give it a try. I sure wish that
some book company would do a professional printing on them. Even with my
nice new laser, I prefer professional printing. They last longer. Oh well,
there probably wouldn't be enough profit in it for them.

John McKown