<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It looks like it is also possible to get a pdf version of the book. There is still a lot to sort out but here is a first attempt. I can take the markdown files that Bill is producing and use them which is great. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Note that the hyperlinks (inside and outside the document) seem to work Ok. I haven't indexed anything yet and obviously the illustrations will need placing correctly. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Still have to figure out how to get an image at top left of the chapter heading.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">So setting up the environment is ongoing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> Andrew</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Todd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nztoddler@yahoo.com" target="_blank">nztoddler@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">That looks great. It's nice to see the formula variables formatted properly in the text. I agree that LaTeX embedded in markdown is a good choice!</div><br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 7 Apr 2018 2:11 a.m., Bill Lorensen <<a href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="m_-5775037239303987967quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr"></p><div><div class="h5">More progress.I found a great online tool to generate Latex formulas.
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With no previous Latex experience,I was able to generate all of the
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Here is the online website:
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<a href="http://www.hostmath.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hostmath.com/</a>
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<a href="https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/VTKBook/Chapter3/" target="_blank">https://lorensen.github.io/<wbr>VTKExamples/site/VTKBook/<wbr>Chapter3/</a>
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On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 6:28 AM, David Cole via vtk-developers
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> "I ignore whether Markdown/reStrucuredText support for
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> I have become a big fan of "print to pdf using the Chrome browser" to
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> get a printed copy of web content these days. It's actually not a bad
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> The available "writer pool" for LaTeX is far far smaller than that for
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> markdown. If the math stuff must be in LaTeX, I'd very strongly prefer
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> Nice work, as usual Bill.
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> On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 2:20 AM, Jon Haitz Legarreta
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>> Bill, Andrew, simply brilliant.
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>> I've spot some parts in the Chapters 3 and 6 strawmans that were
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>> How can we contribute to fix them? Are you still working on the
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>> I can help with/do all the Maths in LaTeX Bill. However, if the tool
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>> you found works or the transition will be automatic, I do not see
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>> where to help at this stage. Please, let me know.
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>> Otherwise, it's looking awesome.
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>> As for the LaTeX vs. Markdown/reStrucuredText discussion:
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>> Having said that, I admit that the learning curve for LaTeX may be
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>> I guess the ITK SW Guide requiring to be compiled (both the examples
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>> Markdown/reStrucuredText) is somehow costly at the beginning.
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>> Maintaining/sync'ing them once that is done every time there is a
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