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reply "Nick" <nospam example.com> writes:
Hi,

Could you make the language reference available for download in a 
free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
format; they are not very common outside some particular devices.

Thanks.
--
Apr 08 2015
next sibling parent reply "weaselcat" <weaselcat gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:29:59 UTC, Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download in 
 a free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
 format; they are not very common outside some particular 
 devices.

 Thanks.
 --


What's wrong with PDF?
Apr 08 2015
parent reply "Nick" <nospam example.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:34:00 UTC, weaselcat wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:29:59 UTC, Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download 
 in a free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
 format; they are not very common outside some particular 
 devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 What's wrong with PDF?


It's not the best format for small devices, the heuristical 
reflow often messes the formatting. Also, the Acrobat app is 
awful as an e-reader.

--
Apr 08 2015
next sibling parent "Szymon Gatner" <noemail gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:42:22 UTC, Nick wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:34:00 UTC, weaselcat wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:29:59 UTC, Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download 
 in a free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
 format; they are not very common outside some particular 
 devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 What's wrong with PDF?


 It's not the best format for small devices, the heuristical 
 reflow often messes the formatting. Also, the Acrobat app is 
 awful as an e-reader.

 --


Yup, pdf is terrible ebook format. In fact ebooks often don't 
even come in pdf
Apr 08 2015
prev sibling parent reply "weaselcat" <weaselcat gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:42:22 UTC, Nick wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:34:00 UTC, weaselcat wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:29:59 UTC, Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download 
 in a free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
 format; they are not very common outside some particular 
 devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 What's wrong with PDF?


 It's not the best format for small devices, the heuristical 
 reflow often messes the formatting. Also, the Acrobat app is 
 awful as an e-reader.

 --


Oh, my apologies - I've never used an actual e-reading device and 
was curious.

AFAIK the docs are written in latex so this shouldn't be that 
hard to add.
Apr 08 2015
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 4/8/15 3:18 PM, weaselcat wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:42:22 UTC, Nick wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:34:00 UTC, weaselcat wrote:

 On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 21:29:59 UTC, Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download in a
 free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle
 format; they are not very common outside some particular devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 What's wrong with PDF?


 It's not the best format for small devices, the heuristical reflow
 often messes the formatting. Also, the Acrobat app is awful as an
 e-reader.

 --


 Oh, my apologies - I've never used an actual e-reading device and was
 curious.

 AFAIK the docs are written in latex so this shouldn't be that hard to add.


It has been around for a while: follow links to mobi/epub 
fromhttp://dlang.org/spec.html. An older one: 
http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Specification-Walter-Bright-ebook/dp/B005CCQPKK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428532031&sr=8-1&keywords=d+language+specification

Andrei
Apr 08 2015
parent "Nick" <nospam example.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 22:28:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 It has been around for a while: follow links to mobi/epub 
 fromhttp://dlang.org/spec.html. An older one: 
 http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Specification-Walter-Bright-ebook/dp/B005CCQPKK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428532031&sr=8-1&keywords=d+language+specification

 Andrei


Those are in MOBI and Kindle format.

Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle
format; they are not very common outside some particular devices.

Could you make the language reference available for download in a
free e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

Thanks.
--
Apr 08 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 9/04/2015 9:29 a.m., Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download in a free
 e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle format;
 they are not very common outside some particular devices.

 Thanks.
 --


*whistles* http://d-apt.sourceforge.net/
Apr 08 2015
next sibling parent reply "Nick" <nospam example.com> writes:
On Thursday, 9 April 2015 at 04:45:43 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 On 9/04/2015 9:29 a.m., Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download 
 in a free
 e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle 
 format;
 they are not very common outside some particular devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 *whistles* http://d-apt.sourceforge.net/


Thank you!

Maybe the people behind dlang.org could link to those files from 
the specification page.

--
Apr 08 2015
parent Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 4/8/15 10:04 PM, Nick wrote:

 On Thursday, 9 April 2015 at 04:45:43 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 On 9/04/2015 9:29 a.m., Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download in a free
 e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle format;
 they are not very common outside some particular devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 *whistles* http://d-apt.sourceforge.net/


 Thank you!

 Maybe the people behind dlang.org could link to those files from the
 specification page.


Thanks! https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14428 -- Andrei
Apr 08 2015
prev sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 4/8/2015 9:45 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 On 9/04/2015 9:29 a.m., Nick wrote:

 Hi,

 Could you make the language reference available for download in a free
 e-book format, such as EPUB or FB2?

 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle format;
 they are not very common outside some particular devices.

 Thanks.
 --


 *whistles* http://d-apt.sourceforge.net/


Thanks to Jordi Sayol!
Apr 08 2015
prev sibling parent Jordi Sayol via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
El 08/04/15 a les 23:29, Nick via Digitalmars-d ha escrit:

 Hi,
 
 Could you make the language reference available for download in a free e-book
format, such as EPUB or FB2?
 
 Some people just don't have any app that reads MOBI or Kindle format; they are
not very common outside some particular devices.
 
 Thanks.
 -- 
 


There are several formats of "D Programming Language Specifications" at
<http://d-apt.sourceforge.net/>


    dlangspec-2.067.0.chm - Microsoft Compiled HTML Help
 
    dlangspec-2.067.0.epub - Electronic Publication for e-book readers

    dlangspec-2.067.0.mobi - Mobipocket e-book for Kindle

    dlangspec-2.067.0.pdf - Portable Document Format
Apr 09 2015