On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 09:33:14PM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > At Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:05:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > > > Only tangentially on topic, at best... > > > > Given a pile of html files, comprising chapters of a book, with a single > > html file that serves as a table of contents to the group, how would I > > turn the entire book into a single PDF? > > > > I can't think of a way to do that, all I can come up with would result > > in a pile of PDFs, one per html. But there's gotta be a better way. > > > > Suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance! > > > > (doing this on Linux, of course, which makes it slightly on topic.) > > Hmmm. How did you come to have the book chapters in HTML? If you Books downloaded from the Baen Free Library. I could go back and get the .rtf file and export that as PDF from OOo, but I'm curious to see if I can manage it without having to do that (you know, sort of for fun/educational purposes.) > really wrote the book in HTML (?!?), then one way to go would be to > convert the HTML to LaTeX somehow. (Maybe using xslt or something.) > The use the index html file to create a main LaTeX file that would > \include{} each chapter, then run it through pdflatex. Presto, one big > PDF file. And it will look 1000x better than the HTML will every look. > > > > > Fred > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows > heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------