Ebook version? about wtfpython HOT 7 OPEN

I created this using Pandoc. Had to modify the Readme a bit to please Pandoc/LaTeX etc.

The output looks pretty decent to me. It has working table of contents and is only ~400 KB in size.

Download WTF Python.pdf

Command: pandoc -f gfm --pdf-engine=xelatex --template=jgm.tex -V geometry:margin=1.1in README.md -o WTF.pdf

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Hi satwikkansal,

I would try converting your README.md with pandoc at first, just to see if the results are okay:
https://pandoc.org/getting-started.html
https://pandoc.org/demos.html
https://pandoc.org/epub.html

Pandoc support a huge list of formats, including pdf and epub, so that could help you a lot.
Maybe you just need to do some formatting and then be done with it, if you're lucky.

Code can be quite tricky in ebooks, because of the different display sizes of the readers. Maybe you could just stick to one size or one ebook reader at first. Amazons Kindle Textbook Creator could be helpful for this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1002998671

I hope that helps a bit. :)

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Hey @dirksteindorf

Thanks for the suggestion. Let's give these tools a try! If it works well, we can share the pdf this way for the time being.

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I had another general query as well. I feel that books are supposed to be more formal, organized: following a proper format, and descriptive than wtfpython is right now (maybe I'm wrong believing that).

So if someone can help me figure out if this project is actually worth a book, and up to how much extent (according to them) should we work in formalizing the structure and content, then it'd make things easier to plan.

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Hi @dufferzafar

Thank you so much for this, and yes, it looks pretty neat.

There's one minor issue, the hyperlinks in TOC aren't still working in some cases. Trying to figure our the reason why...

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Ah, got it. All the titles ending with non alphanuerice characters (like * and !) aren't properly functioning in TOC hyperlinks.

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I think for now, I can remove those characters at the end and generate the pdf. And I'll create an upstream issue for it, so that we can have a better approach later on.

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