October 2005 - gutvol-d - lists.pglaf.org

bad-mouthing
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

if people keep badmouthing me on the d.p. forums, i will have to return there and defend myself... (yes, i'm talking about _you_, jon ingram. and others too.) do you want that? -bowerbird

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Cthulhu loves you!
by Jim Tinsley 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20051008 jim

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Prince 5.0: XML + CSS to PDF formatter
by Jon Noring 08 Oct '05

08 Oct '05

[I'm forwarding this announcement originally posted to the eBook-Community. Jon Noring] From: Michael Day <mikeday(a)yeslogic.com> Subject: Prince 5.0: XML + CSS to PDF formatter We are very happy to announce the release of Prince 5.0, a new version of our batch formatter for converting XML + CSS into PDF. - Even more CSS support - Even more PDF features - Quick and easy server integration - Runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS X To download an evaluation version please see our website: http://www.princexml.com This major new version boasts a huge array of new features and improvements. The highlights included support for footnotes, page floats, cross-references, CSS positioning, and UNICODE. PDF output now supports encryption, bookmarks, links, and metadata, while XML input supports XInclude and xml:id. A new Windows GUI with built-in preview is provided along with new support for Mac OS X and new modules for Java, COM, ASP, PHP, and ColdFusion. Best regards, Michael -- Print XML with Prince! http://www.princexml.com

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Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !
by Gutenberg9443＠aol.com 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

In a message dated 10/5/2005 7:46:27 PM Mountain Daylight Time, gbuchana(a)rogers.com writes: I hope I need not remind you that it *is* the holy month of Ramadan, and therefore fasting is expected. A devout Muslim might well be offended by your tacit encouragement to break the fast by eating a free lunch! Good grief. Leave it alone. I don't drink beer, but the phrase is idiomatic and therefore should be accepted as an idiom. Anne Do you like to breathe? Then save the trees! Begin a personal relationship with an ebook TODAY!

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re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

anne said: > My husband, children, and friends > also say I'm not very good at sarcasm. you can add my name to that list, anne. -bowerbird

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Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !
by Gutenberg9443＠aol.com 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

In a message dated 10/6/2005 6:43:35 AM Mountain Daylight Time, joshua(a)hutchinson.net writes: Anne, dear, that was the sound of sarcasm going right over your head. My husband, children, and friends also say I'm not very good at sarcasm. I don't think I shall bother to cry about it. I have far too much else to do. Anne Do you like to breathe? Then save the trees! Begin a personal relationship with an ebook TODAY!

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Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !
by Joshua Hutchinson 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

*whoosh* Anne, dear, that was the sound of sarcasm going right over your head. Josh -> Just teasing, please don't get upset! ----- Original Message ----- From: Gutenberg9443(a)aol.com To: gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer ! Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 23:27:56 EDT > > > > In a message dated 10/5/2005 7:46:27 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > gbuchana(a)rogers.com writes: > > I hope I need not remind you that it *is* the holy month > of Ramadan, and therefore fasting is expected. A devout > Muslim might well be offended by your tacit encouragement > to break the fast by eating a free lunch! > > > > Good grief. > > Leave it alone. I don't drink beer, but the phrase is idiomatic and > therefore should be accepted as an idiom. > > > Anne > > Do you like to breathe? > Then save the trees! > Begin a personal relationship > with an ebook > TODAY! > > > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org > http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d

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Re: gutvol-d Digest, Vol 15, Issue 5
by BunnyCAW＠aol.com 06 Oct '05

06 Oct '05

In a message dated 10/4/2005 12:25:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gutvol-d-request(a)lists.pglaf.org writes: Alternatively, if you don't mind parting with the books, you could mail them to DP headquarters where they would have their bindings chopped off and be fed into a high speed scanner with a sheet feeder. Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhh! That is just too terrifying to a book NUT like myself! I know that we are heading into the Halloween time of year and all, but that is just TOO FRIGHTENING to contemplate! Sort of a book slaughterhouse! :-o Having been properly chastised, however, I have done what I SHOULD have done first thing and gone to the FAQ and read it exhaustively. (Okay, I lie, I didn't read the scanning parts AT ALL.) A LOT of the questions I had have been answered by an hour or so of reading. (Admittedly, however, I'm still a bit confused, but then I'm ALWAYS a bit confused!) I thank you all for your patience with me. I'm going do dive into a book now. Wish me luck! Cathy

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Being picky...
by BunnyCAW＠aol.com 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

In a message dated 10/5/2005 3:00:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, gutvol-d-request(a)lists.pglaf.org writes: Also, don't do too much work before you get that copyright clearance. You don't want to be told that it was all for not. Aaron, I think what you mean is,"All for NAUGHT", as in "all for nothing". Just being picky, Cathy

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Re: [gutvol-d] Thanks and apologies
by Gutenberg9443＠aol.com 05 Oct '05

05 Oct '05

In a message dated 10/4/2005 8:45:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time, BunnyCAW(a)aol.com writes: What format is the output BEST delivered in? and What programs do all of YOU use? (To compare them or see if I already have the software on my system.) Although I am a big fan of our language, I sometimes feel like I am speaking a foreign one! The format is best delivered in .txt. We use many different programs; a lot of our people love programming and are constantly fiddling with it. I do not love programming, and I use Microsoft Office XP, which has a fairly recent version of Microsoft Word on it. If you want to, you can save it first into .htm, which will allow you to keep (or add back in) things like italics and bolding and so forth, and then turn in both the .txt version (which will be minus formatting) and the .htm (which will have the formatting). Really, most of us are fairly sane. Anne Do you like to breathe? Then save the trees! Begin a personal relationship with an ebook TODAY!

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