Here is what I do: http://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/ docsystem/build/projdoc/projdochome.html
^ Stick this together before browsing ^ The tutorials system is ready to be put under CVS and will be done soon. Ashley J.S Mills On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 07:07, Stephan Wiesner wrote: > Hi Ian and thanks for the long reply. Sounds like a nice place to work > :-) > I don't use catalogs for two reasons: > A) Despite the nice tutorial from sagehill.net, I can't make them work > :-( > B) I work with two monitors. Writing on one and previewing the document > in the other, using Internet Explorer, which can transfrom documents > very fast. Of course, I do make real transfromations from time to time, > but I really don't want to miss the fast preview (yes I know about > seperation of content and design, but . . .) > > > 'make' sounds interesting. Anybody doing that with Ant? (I read the > article from http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/ant.html, but didn't > understand it). > > > Stephan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Castle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Donnerstag, 28. November 2002 20:10 > > To: Stephan Wiesner > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Experiences as Authors > > > > > > I have a "library" of common items - such as copyright > > notices and so on. Each one is an entity. The documents > > include the entity at the relevant point. If an entity > > definition changes, then it only needs to be changed in the one place. > > > > Everything is in CVS. Documents tend to be modular (say one > > chapter per file). > > > > make is used to drive the production of the document. > > > > Multiple authors are able to work on documents using whatever > > editor they like. > > > > Common material is kept in a central place. > > > > Catalogs are used to avoid the use of file system specific > > names. This means that people can work on the documents on > > different machines, remotely, and even with different > > operating systems. > > > ... > > -- > > Ian Castle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >