AGS v2.7 manual as single file

strazer · Thu 25/08/2005 13:13:08

The downloadable manuals from the main page were very old, so I made the one from version 2.7 into a single HTML file.
Maybe it's easier to print or something. Enjoy!

Download here (1,4 Mb)

Edit:

PDF version now available (2,1 Mb)

Iv4n · Thu 25/08/2005 14:26:40

Woah! Great work! This is really usable!

juncmodule · Sat 29/10/2005 15:43:28

I've been hunting for a PDF version of the new manual. I attempted to make one myself but all of the programs I found leave a watermark and generally don't work well. I attempted to just print the help file to PDF but that is very bulky. I did find this:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ags231manual.pdf

It's only around 70 pages long, all of the watermarked versions I made were 419 pages long. Has the manual grown that much?

Does anyone have a clean PDF version?

In case if no one does here is a link to the watermarked version I made:

http://www.juncmodule.com/ags-help.pdf

later,
-junc

strazer · Sat 29/10/2005 17:18:21

Quote from: juncmodule on Sat 29/10/2005 15:43:28
It's only around 70 pages long, all of the watermarked versions I made were 419 pages long. Has the manual grown that much?

That's probably because printing/creating directly from the help file uses a new page for every single entry.
Printing a single, uninterrupted file like the one above should remedy that but I don't know of any free PDF-creating solution that at least preserves the links within the document or allows text search. Personally, I don't see the benefit of a PDF.

Candle · Sat 29/10/2005 23:50:29

removed.

strazer · Sun 30/10/2005 01:09:56

Nice, thanks.
May I suggest removing the file location ("file://C://documents%20and...etc.") on the bottom left of every page and adding "PDF version by Candle" to the last page?
What program do you use?

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 01:32:18

I use Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional. I forgot to do that . lol oh well .

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 01:40:32

Fix now.

strazer · Sun 30/10/2005 01:53:59

The links in the document don't work for me anymore...
And can't you leave the "Page x of x" stuff in there? Pretty important if you print it out.

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 01:55:03

Ok let me take a look.
EDiting the PDF right now so will post when it is ready.

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 03:31:04

Ok should be all fix like you want it.
I had to edit each line out.

strazer · Sun 30/10/2005 09:23:00

Links still don't work. They worked before you added your name to the end.
Instead of editing the html file in Word or whatever, just open the original, unmodified html in Notepad and add

<p>PDF version by Candle (http://www.candles-weblog.us/).</p>

to the page source at the end.
Sorry for bugging you but a PDF without working links is pretty useless.

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 10:24:18

Links work but lost the numbers for each page . best I can do .

strazer · Sun 30/10/2005 10:37:45

Hm, now the links refer to "file:///C|/Documents and Settings/Administrator..." etc.
I'm downloading OpenOffice.org 2.0 right now, I think its PDF export supports internal links.

Candle · Sun 30/10/2005 10:38:58

Ok .

strazer · Sun 30/10/2005 11:39:42

http://www.strazer.net/ags/ags-help_270.pdf.zip (2,1 Mb)

juncmodule · Sun 30/10/2005 12:25:03

QuotePersonally, I don't see the benefit of a PDF.

Thanks for all the work. The main reason I wanted this is so that I can print it. Of course while attempting to do this I become obsessed with getting it perfect

.

Printing from HTML can be so messy, I thought this way i could know exactly what I was getting. 267 Pages will also only cost me $25.00 to print, not bad. I also went through and cleaned up the bookmarks section to match the chm file a little better:

http://www.juncmodule.com/ags-help_270.zip

thanks again folks!

later,
-junc