Status on HgBook

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Martin Geisler <mg at lazybytes.net> wrote:
>> I'd suggest that you don't worry about building the PDF.
>
> But, but... I'm used to worry quite a bit about how my PDFs are built
> using LaTeX :)

In that case, you can use dblatex to get quite good LaTeX output from
DocBook source.

> Yeah, I know -- they are both here on my bookshelf :) So, now that we've
> settled that, I guess the first step should be to move the translations
> into a unified system based on Gettext.

I think so.

> I think it would be good to setup some automated builds so that we can
> see the progress for the different languages. Should that be hosted on
> red-bean.com?

I can probably set up a Hudson instance without much difficulty either
there or on serpentine.com.

> I notice that hgbook.net is available -- we could perhaps
> also host it on mercurial.selenic.com/book?

I'd prefer there to be one canonical host for the official book.

> If I understood it correctly, then the output of the examples is just
> included directly, with no checking? I would like to have both the input
> and output in the source, just like I do it as my kick start guides.

I think that's a good idea.

> When compiled, the prompts should be highlighted and the output should
> be verified. There is no shellsession element defined, but can we define
> our own? I found the programlisting and screen elements, so maybe we can
> use one of those?

Yes, we should be able to use <screen>, as it does almost exactly
what's wanted (I believe that's what I'm using at the moment, in
fact).