modifying pickaxe 2 pdf

["Peña, Botp"]

Hi Dave and others,

I hope this is not a stupid question.

Is the pickaxe 2 pdf modifiable? I want to put notes, extra samples, links,
references, etc... and maybe include interactive forms (think acrobat v7)...

(do not worry, i haven't bought the pdf yet and the acrobat pro :)

Thanks and kind regards -botp

[Sascha Ebach]

Peña, Botp wrote:
> Is the pickaxe 2 pdf modifiable? I want to put notes, extra samples, links,
> references, etc... and maybe include interactive forms (think acrobat v7)...
>
> (do not worry, i haven't bought the pdf yet and the acrobat pro :)

I just gave it a quick try and it worked. I used the Note Tool and the
Highlight Tool.

Sascha

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

On 7/5/05, "Peña, Botp" <bo...@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:

> references, etc... and maybe include interactive forms (think acrobat v7)..

Beware of acrobat v7.

http://lwn.net/Articles/129729/

--
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://zarb.org/~gc/

[Graham Nicholls]

Just out of curiosity, anyone know if I'm entitled to the pdf for free as an
owner of (both of) the pickaxe book(s).

--
The answer's always "Yes".
Now, what was the question?

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[Tim Hunter]

Graham Nicholls wrote:
>
> Just out of curiosity, anyone know if I'm entitled to the pdf for free as an
> owner of (both of) the pickaxe book(s).
>

There doesn't appear to be a "free PDF" option. You can buy the PDF
alone for $25 or in combo with the paper book for $54.95.

http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/catalog/

[Graham Nicholls]

Tim Hunter wrote:

Thanks - shame really, but there you go. I might just go and get it anyway,
as $25 isn't too bad and saves me carrying it around.
GN

[Dominik Bathon]

On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:30:46 +0200, Graham Nicholls <"graham_please,
no_spam"@rockcons.co.uk> wrote:

> Tim Hunter wrote:
>
>> Graham Nicholls wrote:
>>>
>>> Just out of curiosity, anyone know if I'm entitled to the pdf for free
>>> as
>>> an owner of (both of) the pickaxe book(s).
>>>
>> There doesn't appear to be a "free PDF" option. You can buy the PDF
>> alone for $25 or in combo with the paper book for $54.95.
>>
>> http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/catalog/
> Thanks - shame really, but there you go. I might just go and get it
> anyway,
> as $25 isn't too bad and saves me carrying it around.
> GN

Check out the very last page of the 2nd edition, there is a "Save on the
PDF" section, you can get it for 10$. Just go to
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/coupon/.

Dominik

[Neville Burnell]

Insude the back cover of the book is a link to 60% off the PDF for book
owners

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Nicholls [mailto:"graham_please, no_spam"@rockcons.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2005 2:31 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: modifying pickaxe 2 pdf

Tim Hunter wrote:

> Graham Nicholls wrote:
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, anyone know if I'm entitled to the pdf for
>> free as an owner of (both of) the pickaxe book(s).
>>
> There doesn't appear to be a "free PDF" option. You can buy the PDF
> alone for $25 or in combo with the paper book for $54.95.
>
> http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/catalog/
Thanks - shame really, but there you go. I might just go and get it
anyway, as $25 isn't too bad and saves me carrying it around.
GN

["Peña, Botp"]

Sascha Ebach [mailto:s...@digitale-wertschoepfung.de] wrote:

#> Is the pickaxe 2 pdf modifiable? I want to put notes, extra
#samples, links,
#> references, etc... and maybe include interactive forms
#(think acrobat v7)...
#>
#> (do not worry, i haven't bought the pdf yet and the acrobat pro :)
#
#I just gave it a quick try and it worked. I used the Note Tool and the
#Highlight Tool.

Thanks Sascha.
Second thought: is it legal to change it? It should be as long as i don't
distribute it, right?

thanks and kind regards -botp

#
#Sascha
#

[Graham Nicholls]

Neville Burnell wrote:

> Insude the back cover of the book is a link to 60% off the PDF for book
> owners

Aaargh! Just bought the PDF at full price! Didn't think to look.... what a
nitwit.

GN
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Now, what was the question?

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[Dave Thomas]

On Jul 5, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:

> On 7/5/05, "Peña, Botp" <bo...@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
>
>> references, etc... and maybe include interactive forms (think acrobat

>> v7)...

>
> Beware of acrobat v7.
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/129729/
>

We have no tagging such as this in the PDFs we distribute.

Dave

[Dave Thomas]

On Jul 5, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Graham Nicholls wrote:

>
>
> Just out of curiosity, anyone know if I'm entitled to the pdf for free
> as an
> owner of (both of) the pickaxe book(s).

Not free, sub you can get it for $10--look inside the back cover of the
second edition.

Regards

Dave

[Dave Thomas]

On Jul 5, 2005, at 7:31 PM, Peña, Botp wrote:
> Second thought: is it legal to change it? It should be as long as i
> don't
> distribute it, right?
>

Feel free to annotate to your heart's content. If you had a paper book,
we wouldn't stop you writing in the margins. Why would we stop you with
a PDF?

As you say, it would be wrong to _distribute_ your PDF (annotated or
not), but what you do with it in the privacy of your own home is your
business :)

Regards

Dave