diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+
+ABFLAGS = --backend=docbook --doctype=book --attribute=revisionhistory
+adocs = book.asciidoc 
+                   #     introduction.asciidoc \
+                   #     preface.asciidoc \
+                   #     compiler.asciidoc \
+                   #     beam.asciidoc \
+                   #     beam_modules.asciidoc \
+                   #     processes.asciidoc \
+                   #     type_system.asciidoc \
+                   #     memory.asciidoc \
+                   #     erts-book.asciidoc  \
+                   #     ap-beam_instructions.asciidoc \
+	           # opcodes_doc.asciidoc
+
+all: beam-book.pdf
+
+book-revhistory.xml: .git
+	./gitlog.sh git-log.xml $@ 
+
+beam-book-from-ab.xml:  $(adocs)\
+                       book-revhistory.xml
+	asciidoc $(ABFLAGS) -o $@ book.asciidoc
+
+beam-book.pdf: beam-book-from-ab.xml book-revhistory.xml
+	dblatex beam-book-from-ab.xml -o $@ 
+
+
+# $(subst .asciidoc,.html, $(adocs)): %.html: %.asciidoc 
+# 	asciidoc -a icons -a toc2 $<
+
+# index.html: *.asciidoc
+# 	asciidoc -o index.html -a icons -a toc2 book.asciidoc 
+
+# generate_op_doc.beam: generate_op_doc.erl
+# 	erlc generate_op_doc.erl
+
+# opcodes_doc.asciidoc: ../otp/lib/compiler/src/genop.tab generate_op_doc.beam
+# 	erl -noshell -s generate_op_doc from_shell ../otp/lib/compiler/src/genop.tab opcodes_doc.asciidoc
diff --git a/book.asciidoc b/book.asciidoc
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+= The Erlang Runtime System
+
+// include::preface.asciidoc[]
+
+// Part I
+
+// include::introduction.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::compiler.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::processes.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::type_system.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::beam.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::beam_modules.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::beam_instructions.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::calls.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::beam_loader.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::beam_internal_instructions.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::scheduling.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::memory.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::data_structures.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::io.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::distribution.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::c.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::hipe.asciidoc[]
+
+// Part II
+[[P-Running]]
+= Running ERTS
+
+// include::building.asciidoc[] - moved to ops
+// include::shell.asciidoc[]  - moved to ops
+
+// include::ops.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::crash_dumps.asciidoc[]  - moved to ops
+// include::debugger.asciidoc[]   - moved to ops
+// include::tracing.asciidoc[] - mode to ops
+
+// include::tweak.asciidoc[]
+
+// Appendix
+
+// include::index.asciidoc[]
+
+
+// include::ap-beam_instructions.asciidoc[]
+
+// include::ap-code_listings.asciidoc[]
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/gitlog.sh b/gitlog.sh
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+rm -f $1 
+git log --date=short --pretty=format:"<logentry revision='%h'>%n <author email='%ae'>%an</author>%n <date>%ad</date>%n <msg xml:space='preserve'>%s</msg>%n</logentry>" | sed -e '1i<logs>' -e '$a</logs>' > $1 && rm -f $2 
+xsltproc hg2revhistory.xsl $1 > $2 
+echo git-log done