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{{saved book}} can now be used to warn people about bugs.

See this example. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 19:31, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

The extension is not parsing templates

Hi!

At Wikibooks we have some templates that automatically generate lists of chapters for our books (for things like Print versions and navigation), and we are trying to use it also to generate the collections. The problem is that, although our template generates a list with the same syntax used by the extension, the extension doesn't expand the templates, and so we get an empty collection when the "automatic collection" is loaded (http://pt.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book/load_collection/&colltitle=Project:Livros/Budismo&uselang=en)

It would be very very nice to have this template expansion, because then our users wouldn't need to create any duplicated lists. Helder 18:28, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with Wikibooks or the details of the extension. I would suggest to try the PediaPress bug tracker or the Wikimedia page to report problems like these. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:44, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I would try to create a ticket, but I'm still with the problem I've described at #Problem with login at code.pediapress. For while, I'm just creating a copy of this at Meta. Helder 14:29, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Proposal: Cover image description parameter

A description of the cover (image) may be very useful for some books, especially considering printed media that lacks the possibility of clicking an image for a description. For reference, I had Book:Citrus in mind, "Orange tree (left), limes (top right) and a flower of a grapefruit tree (bottom right)". Could this feature be incorporated into the {{Saved book}}? I'm willing to add the feature to the template if there's no objections, but someone with the user rights to edit the pdf parser would need to take over from there whenever there's time to add such a feature. jonkerz ♠ 13:32, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Where would this information be displayed? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 14:22, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Either in the template, or hidden (on the web). As said, this is more important in printed media, where it preferably is located in the very beginning of the book. I've seen this and use to look for such information on the same page as the copyright symbol and "printed in" text usually goes, right before the book actually begins. I may be wrong, but isn't this commons use in printed books? I haven't been out in the real world in a while, so I don't know ;) jonkerz ♠ 14:38, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Usability feedback

I plucked this of the Usability feedback page.

When I tried to download the article as a pdf (which *is* a nice option), the viewing page shifted to a 'Rendering" page with no info or connection to the page I had just left, which was disconcerting and confusing to say the least, and then a 'rendering finished' page....with a mild uninformative note that announced "The document file has been generated. Download the file to your computer." without any notification of the article name that was 'rendered'. I've *never* seen a pdf generated in this fashion, and it was so generic in terms of information that I was afraid that you had generated a pdf of the 'rendering...' page. I don't understand this interface at all, and it really needs to be reconsidered and reconfigured to be less off-putting and confusing.

Might be something worth investigating. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:43, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

See meta:Book_tool#Pages on how to customize related system messages. --He!ko (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Superscript not rendered in PDF

There is a ticket for this issue.

Try rendering a PDF from a Wikipedia book for this article M+_Fonts. The title contains a superscript plus character with is rendered as such in the PDF. Please investigate and fix this issue. SvGeloven (talk)

This is a known issue. Although this might be a slightly different take on the usual problem... I've given a link to the create ticket, but I might create a new one for recognizing the DISPLAYTITLE magic word. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:58, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Paper Size Is European-Only

There is a ticket for this issue.

North American users print on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper. The PDF files are generated for European-sized paper. This will result in undesirable scaling when printing in North America.

This is a known issue, see the above ticket. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 19:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Overlapping images issue

There is a ticket for this issue.

I found an issue in PDF for Nonomino article. Please see section "Packing and tiling". Two pictures ('Jigsaw Sudoku puzzle' and 'nonominoes with holes') overlap in PDF, but not in web browser. Andreas Kaufmann (talk) 19:49, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

I filed a ticket for the issue. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 19:54, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Deleting Saved User Book

I may be posting this in the wrong place, but I can find absolutely no information about how to delete a book that I created and saved in my User space. (i.e. User:Davealexander/Books/book name ) Can we only modify, but not delete, books that we create and save? Davealexander (talk) 14:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

You can delete any page in your userspace by placing {{db-u1}} on it (i.e edit the book as you would normally edit a page, and replace the content with {{db-u1}}). Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 14:24, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Moved from Help talk:Books/FAQ

Save printed book for later?

There is a ticket for this issue.

Hello. I have compiled the book I want printed. However, I am not ready to buy the print version yet. How can I save my work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.49.242 (talk) 21:25, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

This feature only exists for logged in users at the moment. However, I did create ticket #839 so people (including IPs) could save their book on their own computers. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 23:47, 7 May 2010 (UTC)