A framework for creating e-books from Markdown/Textile text markup using Ruby. Using the Prince PDF generator, you'll be able to get high quality PDFs.
While Prince is too expensive (495USD for a single user license), the free version available at http://www.princexml.com/download/ generates a PDF with a small logo on the first page, which is removed when sent to a printer.
I published two PDFs (portuguese only) exploring lots of features. Check it out:
- http://howtocode.com.br/downloads/rdoc.pdf
- http://howtocode.com.br/downloads/rails-application-templates.pdf
- Write PDF using Markdown or Textile text markup
- Book layout support
- Syntax highlight theme based on Textmate
- Generate a PDF with a single rake task
- Table of Contents automatically generated from chapter titles
Check it out http://fnando.github.com/kitabu.html for details.
- Nando Vieira (http://simplesideias.com.br)
- Arthur Zapparoli (http://arthurgeek.net)
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