On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > Hi! > I barely know anything about debiandoc SGML. > However i'm looking for some information on how to edit documents written in > it. (I want to translate the Debian installation manual) >
Do you know HTML? Debiandoc is just like HTML with a different set of tags. (They are both applications of SGML) > I don't know how does emacs make editing of such documents easier (does it > hide the markup??). I tried to teach myself emacs a few times, with little > success - how to use the 'modes' is a great mystery to me. > Emacs gives you syntax-hilighting, formatting and validation. If you have installed the psgml package, opening up an SGML document should put you in the right mode. Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote a Debian SGML HOWTO but I don't know the URL offhand. > I would like to find some nice (preferably 'best') way to edit such > documents. If emacs is the only one, then I probably need to start exploring > it once again.. > It's just text. You can use any editor really. And if you're just doing translations, for the most part you can just ignore the tags. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
