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This is the ideal solution if you would like to customise the appearance of your PDF or paper version of the text before downloading or printing it. | This is the ideal solution if you would like to customise the appearance of your PDF or paper version of the text before downloading or printing it. | ||
This type of file is generated through the native “Print” feature of your browser with the addition of some [[MediaWiki:Print.css|dedicated styling]]. Through this feature, you can | This type of file is generated through the native “Print” feature of your browser with the addition of some [[MediaWiki:Print.css|dedicated styling]]. Through this feature, you can either print the document or download it as a PDF file. Depending on the browser you are using, the dialogue that pops up when you click the “Customisable PDF” button will let you choose: | ||
* the page range you would like to save as a PDF file or print; | * the page range you would like to save as a PDF file or print; | ||
* and whether you prefer the default portrait layout or the landscape layout. | * and whether you prefer the default portrait layout or the landscape layout. | ||
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This type of file is generated through a pipeline which was designed by {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}} and runs via a {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project/wittgenstein-published-works GitHub job]}}. | This type of file is generated through a pipeline which was designed by {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}} and runs via a {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project/wittgenstein-published-works GitHub job]}}. | ||
== | == EPUB e-books == | ||
This is the ideal solution if you are planning to read a text on an {{plainlink|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-reader e-reader]}} such as a Kobo, Nook, or Bookeen device—basically anything that is not a Kindle. | This is the ideal solution if you are planning to read a text on an {{plainlink|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-reader e-reader]}} such as a Kobo, Nook, or Bookeen device—basically anything that is not a Kindle. | ||
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This type of file is generated through a pipeline which was designed by {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}} and runs via a {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project/wittgenstein-published-works GitHub job]}}. | This type of file is generated through a pipeline which was designed by {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}} and runs via a {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project/wittgenstein-published-works GitHub job]}}. | ||
== | == MOBI e-books == | ||
This is the ideal solution if you are planning to read a text on a Kindle e-reader. | This is the ideal solution if you are planning to read a text on a Kindle e-reader. | ||
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This is the ideal solution: | This is the ideal solution: | ||
* if you would like to copy and paste a text or a portion of a text into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer; | * if you would like to copy and paste a text or a portion of a text into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer; | ||
* if you need a very clean source file for further manual or automated text | * if you need a very clean source file for further manual or automated text manipulation. | ||
The {{plainlink|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown Markdown file format]}} (.md) is a very simple markup language that is used to generate formatting through plain text. Compared to HTML, it is particularly suitable as the format for the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project’s source files because it only encodes information that has semantic value. These files use the {{plainlink|[https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown Pandoc Markdown]}} dialect. | The {{plainlink|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown Markdown file format]}} (.md) is a very simple markup language that is used to generate formatting through plain text. Compared to HTML, it is particularly suitable as the format for the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project’s source files because it only encodes information that has semantic value. These files use the {{plainlink|[https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown Pandoc Markdown]}} dialect. | ||
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This is a less-than-ideal, but still potentially useful solution for the same purposes that are also fulfilled by the Markdown files: | This is a less-than-ideal, but still potentially useful solution for the same purposes that are also fulfilled by the Markdown files: | ||
* if you would like to copy and paste a text or a portion of a text into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer; | * if you would like to copy and paste a text or a portion of a text into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer; | ||
* if you need a very clean source file for further manual or automated text | * if you need a very clean source file for further manual or automated text manipulation. | ||
This type of file is generated through the “Render” feature of [[Special:Version|MediaWiki]], the software this website runs, which converts the MediaWiki source code of the page’s content section into HTML and ignores all CSS styles except those that are declared as inline styles. | This type of file is generated through the “Render” feature of [[Special:Version|MediaWiki]], the software this website runs, which converts the MediaWiki source code of the page’s content section into HTML and ignores all CSS styles except those that are declared as inline styles. | ||
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== More possibilities == | == More possibilities == | ||
If you know your way around programming, you may be interested to explore the {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project Ludwig Wittgenstein Project’s GitHub repository]}} and to [[Project:Contacts|get in touch with us]]. | If you know your way around programming, you may be interested to explore the {{plainlink|[https://github.com/wittgenstein-project Ludwig Wittgenstein Project’s GitHub repository]}} and to [[Project:Contacts|get in touch with us]]. | ||
== The covers == | |||
[[File:Philosophische Untersuchungen - Ludwig Wittgenstein Project - Cover.png|thumb]] | |||
The covers of the books consist of a series of dots running in reading order from top-left to bottom-right. The series is interrupted multiple times by the space occupied by the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project's logo, the author's name and the title, but it always resumes at the end of the relevant line. | |||
After the first few rows of dots, which serve merely to outline the axis, begins a pattern. Within the pattern, | |||
* each circle represents a paragraph; | |||
* the size of the circles represents the length of the paragraph; | |||
* solid circles are numbered paragraphs, blank circles are unnumbered paragraphs; | |||
* circles are highlighted in yellow when they contain more question marks than full stops. | |||
The covers were designed by {{Person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}}. | |||
== Acknowledgements == | == Acknowledgements == | ||
This feature of the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project's website was made possible by the contributions of {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}}, who wrote the code that generates the downloadable files and designed the covers; {{person link|David Chandler}}, who helped in the design and testing phase; and {{person link|Michele Lavazza}}, who helped optimise the MediaWiki source files for export, designed the user interface, and contributed to the testing. | This feature of the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project's website was made possible by the contributions of {{person link|Frederic Kettelhoit}}, who wrote the code that generates the downloadable files and designed the covers; {{person link|David Chandler}}, who helped in the design and testing phase; and {{person link|Michele Lavazza}}, who helped optimise the MediaWiki source files for export, designed the user interface, and contributed to the testing. | ||