[Booki-dev] Removing some unwanted pages from produced PDF, disabling alternative margins

[adam]

what was the original px size of the image?

adam


On 08/08/2011 03:54 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
> I did not try this because in the end I hacked the Python code to get
> what I want. Now it's working great :)
>
> I also solved my last problem; the gutter must be set to 0 for that.
>
> Now I have one new issue: the images in the generated PDF look really
> awful. All pixelated, as if they have been zoomed in. Any ways to fix
> this?
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:14 PM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 08/08/2011 02:10 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not a Python coder, but since I am a professional programmer, I
>>> can perfectly understand what this Python file does.
>>>
>>> Then again, it's not a template then. It's hacking at the core source
>>> code, which I wanted to avoid. Is there any other way?
>>
>> wkhtmltopdf takes the template and converts it to pdf, if you comment out
>> the pages you dont want i think they will just be ignored, ie put<!--
>> [content] -->
>>
>> around the template pages you dont want...you could try this..
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> i think the file to edit is
>>>>
>>>> installdir/objavi/fmbooks.py
>>>>
>>>> how versed are you at python?
>>>>
>>>> adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/08/2011 02:06 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I could not find any fmbook template. I did find two interesting
>>>>> templates:
>>>>>
>>>>> end_matter.en.html
>>>>> inside-front-cover.en.html
>>>>>
>>>>> If I hack those, I can control what goes into these pages. The problem
>>>>> is that I dont want those pages at all. I tried to remove those HTML
>>>>> files in the hope that Objavi would skip them, but the PDF generation
>>>>> then fails (logically, at the Generate preamble pdf, since it does not
>>>>> find it).
>>>>>
>>>>> So, if there a "master template"? Or can I disable the generation of
>>>>> preamble and end matter alltogether?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>      wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hey :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 08/08/2011 12:33 PM, Jean-Noël Rivasseau wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now that I managed to install Objavi correctly, I have 3 questions
>>>>>>> about the generated PDF (which is not yet perfect according to my
>>>>>>> needs):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) How can I remove the (almost blank) page with the book license at
>>>>>>> the start? (we already have a hand written page where we explain our
>>>>>>> license).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i think you need to hack the templates. check fmbook template and alter
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> as i believe it is the default
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) How can I remove the (almost blank) page with the Made with booki
>>>>>>> content at the end?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> same
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3) Currently the PDF has alternating margins (on odd / even pages). I
>>>>>>> guess that would be great for publishing (actually printing the book)
>>>>>>> but we also want to have a web PDF version of the book. How can I
>>>>>>> disable these alternating margins? Choosing the "web"export from
>>>>>>> objavi does not work for us since it also suppresses the table of
>>>>>>> contents (which we need!)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ooo...good question...um....luka?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jean-Noel
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