Re: Ada e-books

[dirk@feles.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest)]

In article <2a413f76-f141-48fa-b6b8-76e95d768c13@googlegroups.com>,
Serge Robyns  <serge.robyns@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> Besides Ada distilled (thanks David), which I did print months
> back before I bought an e-book reader (and not a Kindle ...),
> not much success.

If you're specificly looking for e-books, then you definitely should
also check the e-book version of John Barnes' latest Ada book:
"Programming in Ada 2012".  See:

http://www.cambridge.org/pl/academic/subjects/computer-science/software-engineering-and-development/programming-ada-2012?format=AR

>My initial aim was to read the ARM 2012 but couldn't find it.  I'll try to use Calibre to generate it. My first attempt on the HTML files
>wasn't a great success, as these files are designed to be clicked trough and optimized for online reading.
>
>I'll try either from PDF or through the tools from RTF ....

Why would you try to generate an e-book version of the Ada 2012
Reference Manual when one is available already?  You already mentioned
in your initial posting that you located it...

Anyway, I quote from an Ada-Europe announcement made mid last year:

  "Moreover, with a view to exploring new media platforms to further
  widen the availability of this important material, Ada-Europe has
  now produced a prototype eBook of the Ada 2012 Reference Manual,
  which can be downloaded from [1].  This eBook should be regarded
  as a draft concept, proposed for the scrutiny of the Ada community 
  at large, for feedback on its perceived usefulness and suggestions
  for improvements.  Returns on this subject should be addressed to
  Ada-Europe at board@ada-europe.org." 

[1] http://www.ada-europe.org/resources/online 

So if you, or anyone else, have feedback about this Ada 2012 RM e-book,
we at Ada-Europe would be most interested!

Dirk
Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be (for Ada-Belgium/Ada-Europe/SIGAda/WG9)

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