10 Questions on Dragon Strength :D

[George]

Don't give me too much credit - I just got chi'd up at the course, came here, took someone's idea and ran with it!

I've been gone too long...

[Michael Agar]

Dear George
Thank you for the Dragon Strength Q&A compilation notes.
It's awesome and so are you with the work you do online behind the scenes!
I read the first 7 Q&A leading up to attending the course and now I can look forward to re-reading them with the course still resonating deeply within us.
Best wishes


Michael

[George]

Ahh, OK - I have added a sticky thread to that section.

Here is the source for the documents above - it really is as simple as the example I provided earlier.

AsciiDoc syntax reference, if you are feeling geeky and want to learn more!

[CSwacha]

Compiling Q&As

Hi George Siheng,

Hahaha, I would've created the dedicated thread myself, but I don't have permission on the Q&A forum area unfortunately.

I think using AsciiDoc would make it easier to compile all the Q&As, could you please post a completed example of what you had in mind? It would also aid in understanding the php code you provided for using AsciiDoc.

Also some of the Q&As are quite long and a table of contents would be helpful, how could one use the AsciiDoc syntax to do this ?

With Shaolin salute and best regards,
-Chris

[George]

Dedicated thread is a good idea - you are welcome to create one.

I am compiling all the Q&As as AsciiDoc text - any help would produce more results in less time and would be appreciated.

Basically, proofread and compile the Q&A into a text file with the following structure:

= Document Title

== Question 1

["quote", attribution="Name of person"]
____
Quote with attribution
____

Answer text

More answer text

== Question 2
____
Quote with no attribution
____

Answer text ... 

The advantage here is keeping the content separate from the presentation / styling. Using this source document I can then readily generate the document as HTML / PDF / EPUB and whatever else is necessary. Should the documents need to be updated (to change the look, for example) this can be done once and applied to all documents.

[CSwacha]

Dedicated Thread for Compiling Sifu's Q&A ?

Hello Everyone,

Like Anton Siheng suggested, it would be pretty cool if we could compile all of Sifu's Q&A's. Perhaps we could create a specific thread in the Q&A Forum area dedicated to compiling Sifu's Q&As ? It would be easier to organize as well as to keep track of which Q&As have been compiled and which Q&As are left.

I'm still working through the Cleansing, Building and Nourishing Q&A. I'm re-reading it and noting keywords and phrases as I go, it's taking longer than I thought it would! It's 76 pages so far!

With best regards and Shaolin salute,
-Chris

[George]

I somehow managed to miss this thread before going to the course, but I am very much enjoying it now.

Since I happened to be messing around with text processing tools for making documentation at work, I compiled the answers into an A5 PDF and also EPUB document, so that it is easier for me to read it on the go. (I also took the liberty of fixing a few typos.)

You are welcome to grab a copy - happy 1-week anniversary of the course!

(EPUB tested on my iPhone and Kobo, for Kindle you will need to use KindleGen or something of the sort.)

[Mark CH]

Thank you Steffen.

Best wishes
Mark

[Jeroen]

Template

He Steffen,

Thanks for the template. Enjoy the course!

Jeroen

[Steffen]

Dear family,

here is the template of the Q&A pdfs I created.

For the questions, I used the "caption" format and for the answers the "standard" format. Like this, generating the table of contents is much easier.

I hope you find it useful!

Best regards,
Steffen

[Steffen]

Dear Sifu,

thank you very much for your kind words and the idea for the Q&A-Zhang Zhuan Challenge! I like it very much !

Maybe Steffen can put up an empty document online. So you can save some time.

I will be happy to share the empty document with the general layout I used once I am back at my own laptop on Monday.

Dear Sisookgungs Pavel, Markus and Chris,

if you have any questions on the technical aspects I used, I will be very happy to help you out!

With kindest regards,
Steffen

[CSwacha]

Hello everyone,

I've got a head start on Sifu's stages of cleansing Q&A from a while back, I was copying it into a document as I was re-reading it. I could have it done pretty soon. I'll try and make it look consistent with Steffen's pdf document for the dragon strength Q&A.

Thank you Steffen for taking the time to assemble the Q&A into a single document!

I hope you all have a great course, as it will no doubt be very special.

With Shaolin salute and best regards,
-Chris

[Anton S.]

the rules:

1. choose any Q&A on the forum
2. post a pdf format of it within two weeks.
3. If you fail - take a real live video of performing Golden Bridge for 30 minutes and post it here.

Most important: let´s have some fun!

[Anton S.]

Dear Steffen,

thank you for sharing the document!!
It´s great stuff you do the work! And you have already done 3 pdfs!

This would be very useful for all Sifu's special Q&A's should anyone wish to tackle compiling them.

So the know how behind the Art:
Step 1. Create an empty Office document
Step 2. Copy&Paste the Q&A and adjust it with table of contents
Step 3. Save as .pdf

It does not take longer than 60 minutes.

Maybe Steffen can put up an empty document online. So you can save some time.
So our brothers and sisters have a chance to create some blessings for them.
I would like to nominate Pavel and Markus for each of them and call out a Q&A-Zhang Zhuang challenge!

You have 2 weeks to do so! If not - take a real live video of 30 minutes Golden Bridge!

Let us have some fun!
Anton

[Jeroen]

Thanks Steffen

Thanks for the PDF Steffen. That is great for while travelling.
Jeroen