From yoshiki at vpri.org  Fri Jul 15 22:08:43 2011
From: yoshiki at vpri.org (Yoshiki Ohshima)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:08:43 -0700
Subject: [sbe-discussion] A minor pull request
Message-ID: <m2aacffgs4.wl%yoshiki@vpri.org>

It is just one byte and I'm almost embarrassed to mention it in an
email, but I made a pull request as there is one excess open bracket
in Metaclasses.tex.

  The Japanese translation is coming along.  We decided to go slowly
and taking time, but surely there is steady activity on github.

  Thanks!

-- Yoshiki

From stephane.ducasse at free.fr  Sun Jul 17 20:35:12 2011
From: stephane.ducasse at free.fr (stephane ducasse)
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:35:12 +0200
Subject: [sbe-discussion] Re: A minor pull request
In-Reply-To: <m2aacffgs4.wl%yoshiki@vpri.org>
References: <m2aacffgs4.wl%yoshiki@vpri.org>
Message-ID: <651D7EB3-F268-4F0C-89C0-5BD405BA010F@free.fr>

tx :)

There is no rush :)

On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:

> It is just one byte and I'm almost embarrassed to mention it in an
> email, but I made a pull request as there is one excess open bracket
> in Metaclasses.tex.
> 
>  The Japanese translation is coming along.  We decided to go slowly
> and taking time, but surely there is steady activity on github.
> 
>  Thanks!
> 
> -- Yoshiki
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From jhancock at shellshadow.com  Tue Jul 26 05:43:28 2011
From: jhancock at shellshadow.com (Jon Hancock)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:43:28 -0400
Subject: [sbe-discussion] how to build the book??
Message-ID: <4E2E37E0.7010709@shellshadow.com>

I've tried several times in the past and failed to compile the book.

I can clone the repo 
https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/PharoByExample-english
I can go through various latex install routines I found around the web 
(linux and OS X).  But I've always ended up with a toolchain that throws 
errors instead of compiling the book.

Does one really have to become a latex pro in order to read and 
contribute to this project?  It seems a very high obstacle.  
http://book.pharo-project.org and http://book.seaside.st are accessible 
and I assume reflect the latest edits.
The PBE download link "Download latest version 
<http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/25599/PBE1-2009-10-28.pdf>" on 
http://pharobyexample.org references a PDF with a date of 2009-10-28.  
The "Buy the book! 
<http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/pharo-by-example/7522128> 
(lulu.com)" link, even worse, doesn't tell me what the build date of 
what I would be buying.

If someone can point me to rock solid ubuntu linux toolchain install and 
book build instructions, I'd like to try again.
I and possibly others would be a prime candidate for buying the book so 
long as I can always download the latest build...see how 
http://pragprog.com handles "beta" books...they do a fantastic job.

thanks, Jon
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From damien.cassou at gmail.com  Tue Jul 26 08:12:46 2011
From: damien.cassou at gmail.com (Damien Cassou)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:12:46 +0200
Subject: [sbe-discussion] Re: how to build the book??
In-Reply-To: <4E2E37E0.7010709@shellshadow.com>
References: <4E2E37E0.7010709@shellshadow.com>
Message-ID: <CA+y5ggieSykhtpkwQhiaTExXyra68mzOYCW-uZHwv8oSzUYjUg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Jon,

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Jon Hancock <jhancock at shellshadow.com> wrote:
> I've tried several times in the past and failed to compile the book.
>
> I can clone the repo
> https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/PharoByExample-english
> I can go through various latex install routines I found around the web
> (linux and OS X).? But I've always ended up with a toolchain that throws
> errors instead of compiling the book.


I'm on Ubuntu and have a set of texlive-* packages installed (you can
install texlive-full if you don't want to care about which texlive-*
packages are necessary).

Once you cloned the repo, cd into it and run

$ pdflatex PBE1.tex
$ pdflatex PBE1.tex

(yes, twice).

You will get a PBE1.pdf book which is the Pharo By Example volume 1.


> Does one really have to become a latex pro in order to read and contribute
> to this project?? It seems a very high obstacle.
> http://book.pharo-project.org and http://book.seaside.st are accessible and
> I assume reflect the latest edits.
> The PBE download link "Download latest version" on http://pharobyexample.org
> references a PDF with a date of 2009-10-28.


I guess it is because this is the latest version as the book is
finished and published. We are now working on Volume 2 (compile
PBE2.tex to have an idea of its content).


> The "Buy the book! (lulu.com)"
> link, even worse, doesn't tell me what the build date of what I would be
> buying.


You are right, it should be clearer. However, I you go to the lulu web
page and browse the preview of the book, you will see that it has been
compiled in 2010 which shows it is the last version. (It is probably
the exact same version as the downloadable pdf but we compiled it
later because we had problems with Lulu).

>
> If someone can point me to rock solid ubuntu linux toolchain install and
> book build instructions, I'd like to try again.


I hope my instructions will help you. Otherwise, please contact us again.


> I and possibly others would be a prime candidate for buying the book so long
> as I can always download the latest build...see how http://pragprog.com
> handles "beta" books...they do a fantastic job.

We have unfortunately no time to do an editor/publisher's job. We
welcome anyone who is willing to help.

Best,

-- 
Damien Cassou
http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st

"Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them
popular by not having them." James Iry