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How I’m Finding the Right Layout for My Technical Book

Posted on 2 September 2019 by Max Vilimpoc Asciidoc Books 0

To understand how to structure my technical book, I looked to existing ones for hints.

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Asciidoc Before And After: The Cover Page

Posted on 30 August 2019 by Max Vilimpoc Asciidoc Tooling 0

The cover page generated by asciidoctor-pdf is a bit bland by default. It is actually, really, the internal title page that you see when you flip through the first pages of a book underneath the front cover. Here’s the before and after view of what you can do to make...

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A Survey of Asciidoc-Based Books

Posted on 13 August 2019 by Max Vilimpoc Asciidoc Tooling 0
Three women sorting through a card catalog, in black and white.

A list of useful examples when writing a book in Asciidoc, answering repeated search queries that I had.

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Importing PDF Pages in asciidoctor-pdf

Posted on 7 August 2019 by Max Vilimpoc Asciidoc Tooling 0

Separating parts, chapters, and sections in Asciidoc has always been left a bit wanting, here’s a way to improve that.

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Optimizing Asciidoctor-Generated PDFs

Posted on 2 August 2019 by Max Vilimpoc Optimization Tooling 0
Das Oel: An image of people compressing seeds to extract the oil.

We compare the results when shrinking a large PDF file using Ghostscript vs. hexapdf, and learn a few things.

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About The Book
From Plan to Prototype walks the reader through the hardware & software development process from start to finish, with full documentation for the example project.
This includes:
  • Planning an idea through the requirements, architecture, and tooling stages.
  • Prototyping an idea through the breadboarding, design, production, assembly, and enclosure stages.
The book provides numerous tips and anecdotes from years of experience to preempt potential design flaws and smooth out the embedded engineering process.

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