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== The Eclipse Scout Book ==
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The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.
 
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Some background
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== Download ==
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* PDF
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* HTML
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* EPUB
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== Repository ==
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The current repository is located at the address given below.
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[https://github.com/matthiaszimmermann/scoutbook github repository for book contents]
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It will be replaced by a more prominent location soon.
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== Setup for Contributing ==
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This section holds the necessary installation/setup that is required to build the book out of the sources.
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* latex (for PDF and HTML version)
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* calibre (for creation and viewing of EPUB version)
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* make (for building the book using a make file)
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* zip/unzip (for packaging of the HTML version into a single zip file)
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For building the book and generating the output files a continuous integration environment will be set up, making it possible to contribute to the Scout book without having a local working latex installation.
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In the sections below, necessary download and installation steps of a working setup are described for Windows (if you have a working setup for Mac or Linux, please consider to amend a corresponding section.
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Building the book is done using ''make'' in the main folder of your local book repository:
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  make clean
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  make pdf
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  make html
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  make epub
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The output will then be moved to the following locations
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  out\pdf\book.pdf
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  out\html\book.zip (containing the html and other necessary files)
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  out\epub\book.epub
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Depending on your installation you will need to update the paths in your [https://github.com/matthiaszimmermann/scoutbook/blob/master/makefile makefile] to the executable files
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=== Windows ===
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Installation directories correspond to paths in makefile
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* Latex download [http://miktex.org/download (basic-miktex-2.9.4521-x64)]
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* Install directory ''c:\latex\MiKTeX 2.9''
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* Calibre download [http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows (calibre version 0.9.5)]
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* Install directory ''C:\latex\Calibre2''
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* Make download [http://www.equation.com/servlet/equation.cmd?fa=make (GNU Make 3.82)]
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* Install directory ''C:\latex\make''
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* Zip/unzipdownload [http://www.7-zip.org/ (7-Zip)]
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* Install directory ''c:\Program Files\7-Zip''
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 19 March 2024

The Scout documentation has been moved to https://eclipsescout.github.io/.

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