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Subject:RE: HTML doc with printer-friendly PDF? From:David Price <price -at- ontos -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:57:08 -0400
Wow-eee -- just tried this with a bunch of Javadoc-generated HTML and it
works great! (Standard disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this product,
etc.) You just specify the HTML files you want to include, tweak a few
settings, and generate the PDF. The order of the HTML files determines the
page order, and you can tweak a few other settings like specifying a title
page, setting page size, etc. My only complaint is that you have to fish
through the directories and select the HTML files one directory at a time,
rather than just pointing to the top-level directory.
But in this context (API doc), am wondering if it really makes sense to do a
mondo PDF for it when the Javadoc HTML is supremely usable. My project is
not huge, but it generated a 612 page manual. But I guess it's nice to have
the option in case your manager thinks a developer needs another tome on
his/her desk.
- David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Soltys [mailto:keith -at- soltys -dot- ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:04 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: HTML doc with printer-friendly PDF?
>
>
> Anybody know if it would be possible to use this tool to
> produce PDF files
> from Javadoc HTML, where you'd need to walk through a
> diretory tree several
> levels deep?
> And if so, how you would do it?
>
> >
> > I just maintain the HTML, then produce PDFs from that
> source with htmldoc.
> > The tool is free from www.easysw.com, though they charge
> for support.
> >
> >
> >
>
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