[FM Discuss] Extracting HTML from FLOSS

[Lachlan Musicman]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 13:09, Mike Dash <dash at pobox.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there a way to export all of the HTML source from a FLOSS manual? We need
> to get *all* of it but have only figured out how to get some:

Not off the top of my head

> In trying to get all of the HTML source, we're running into several
> problems.
>
> 1. We can't select more than one chapter at a time, which makes it tedious.

Sometimes, that's just the way it rolls. :(

> 2. Worse, we can only move early chapters -- ones near the top of the list
> -- into the Remix Box. To select chapters from far down the list, we have to
> scroll down and the remix box scrolls off the top. Firefox doesn't scroll it
> back into view unless we let go of the chapter (grr!).

Try another browser? Seriously - there are plenty to chose from. I
can't guarantee that it will work, but it's as good an idea as any.
Chrome/chromium is good, opera is good, I've even used IE when in a
pickle

> 3. If we zoom out to where we can see both the chapter list and the remix
> box at the same time, the chapters are so small we can't accurately pick
> them up.

As it stands, the flossmanuals backend is undergoing a complete
re-write. Therefore the chances of someone fixing this issue at a
fundamental level are unlikely, although with enough persuasion, I
imagine you could convince the aco/andycat/adam to implement  it....

good luck, sorry I can't be more help

cheers
L.