pdf output

[lgatto]

I was wondering of a default pdf output was in the pipeline?

For some of my course books, this seems to have become an important feature.

[js2264]

thanks for the suggestion @lgatto . I have added PDF rendering to the BiocBook template. Note that this can double the build time, as the entire content of the book is rendered twice.

You can make the following changes to your own BiocBook-based books to produce PDF: js2264/BiocBookDemo@074ef2f. The resulting PDF file will be in the main folder of the book artifact obtained in the GitHub Actions tab for the biocbook workflow. Let me know if you need further help to locate if.

Note that I am not generally knowledgeable in latex, and there may be lots of imperfections in the produced PDF file. In particular, it seems that references and bibliography are not properly handled. Plus, I do not particularly like the latex template used by default, but I don't know enough to improve it substantially. If you have any suggestion don't hesitate.

[lgatto]

Thanks. What about adding a link to the html version to download the pdf version?

This specific request comes from discussions with students. While the main/latest/official material is the online version (that typically doesn't change much any more), they do like to take notes in addition to the content during classes.

[js2264]

I re-open this issue because the BBS seems to lack some dependencies to render a Quarto book as a PDF. This issue is under investigation.

If/when the BBS is able to render a book as a PDF, I'll update the Welcome page to add a section with a link to the PDF version of the book. Note that when rendered (e.g. for the OHCA book - which is not on Bioconductor yet so still possible to render the PDF by Github), the PDF is downloadable from a button on the top left corner, as shown in this screenshot: