From: Glenn Hutchings Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:30:24 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Remove conversion notes from README. X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=ibg.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ab0306c0b24bf617c0281e45233d3d59477cd98;ds=sidebyside Remove conversion notes from README. --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f2c7b15..28fad2b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -64,33 +64,3 @@ this: make latexpdf Other formats are available; just type `make` for more details. - -Conversion strategy -------------------- - -The first three editions of the IBG were created with -[Adobe FrameMaker](http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.html). And the -FrameMaker source files have kindly been supplied by Roger Firth to make -this update, which opened up the possibility of creating an auto-converter. - -But unfortunately, what with FrameMaker being proprietary, there isn't much -out there apart from FrameMaker itself that can read them. I was hoping -that conversion using [Mif2Go](http://mif2go.com) might be a possibility, -but it turns out that that's just a plugin for FrameMaker. I guess I could -get a trial FrameMaker license, try to set up the plugin and get it to -autoconvert to some usable format, but it all looks far too messy. But on -the plus side, the supplied GIF images are totally usable. - -So, it's back to my original plan: use the PDF file. Here's the first -(major) part of the work: - -* Dump the text out of the PDF file -* Convert all the 3rd edition text to Sphinx format -* Get the online version to look good - -After that comes the 4th edition changes, hopefully in collaboration with -others. Also, in parallel with that, other niceties: - -* Add a glossary -* Add an index -* Prepare a new PDF version, via the Sphinx LaTeX converter