Matt, >If you want the benefits of DocBook with as little hassle as possible, then >get a good, DTD-aware XML editor. My suggestion is then to download the >HTML copy of _DocBook: The Definitive Guide_ (get it from docbook.org), and >keep it open in a browser. In my opinion, working that way is actually >*easier* than clicking through cryptic menus and dialog boxes of any of >these GUI-based word processors I've used. > Excellent suggestion, I have also used it this way.
>I work this way (though I use vi), even though I own a printed copy of TDG >(which was very useful for getting started & reading while away from the >computer). > Besides, we should support authors willing to spend all that time creating references. Norm did an outstanding job! >DocBook is so thoroughly documented, in the reference section of TDG, that >99% of the time, it concisely provides *exactly* what you need to know. I >claim that, working that way, a newbie can be 90% up the learning curve, in >an afternoon, so long as you already have all your tools setup properly. > I agree with you all the way, but that last sentence is a mouthful! That is/was the hard part for me, I still don't have the tools set up and ready... A package sure would make life sweeter! tim