openmainframeproject / openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course
convert cobolchClaims-img6.gif and cobolchCOV19-img4.gif to .jpg so that it is supported by Miktex/pdflatex for manual .pdf creation
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Description
convert cobolchClaims-img6.gif and cobolchCOV19-img4.gif to .jpg so that it is supported by Miktex/pdflatex for manual .pdf creation
Also edit "COBOL Programming Course #3 - Advanced Topics.md" accordingly
Reproduction Steps
- try to use pandoc/Miktex/pdflatex to make a .pdf out of the .md file. It will bomb out when encountering the .gif's since Miktex/pdflatex does not support .gif
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with cobolchClaims-img6.gif, cobolchCOV19-img4.gif, and "COBOL Programming Course #3 - Advanced Topics.md". Check how the Markdown references the GIFs, convert those images to JPG, and update the references accordingly. Verify that pandoc with MikTeX/pdflatex can create the manual PDF without failing on unsupported GIF images.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, markdown
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 85/100