From: Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On 10/11/07, Walter Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I wouldn't mind working on one of those options myself. It would be a
>> learning experience and fun too. :-)
>> On the other hand, it would be foolish to make any kind of commitment
>> considering my lack of experience, just something to play around with in my
>> free time.
>
>Right now, the number of people working on this is 0, so I think you
>can work at whatever pace you want. I would pursue the DB->Texinfo
>conversion, if possible. For starters, you'll need to get the tools
>for working with the XML. This page has a quick getting started guide
>for working with the BLFS sources:
>
>http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Hacking
>
>The next step is the docbook conversion. I've never used these tools,
>but docbook-utils should have what you need:
>
>http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/docbook-utils.html
>
>An alternative would be docbook2x:
>
>http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/
>
>I don't know what the strengths/weaknesses of each are, but they both
>provide a docbook2texi program. I'm not sure if you'll actually need a
>TeX installation, too, or if texinfo (i.e., makeinfo) is enough.
Thanks Dan for all the info, there's still quite a few hardware related
packages I need to install for my laptop then I'll go through BLFS and see what
I need there. Once everything is up and running I'll be ready to take a closer
look at this and see what I can do.
Thanks again,
Walter
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