I've started a new position in which I have to create and maintain a large set of documents in DocBook xml format. For new books, I'd really like to use org mode, since a) I'm already familiar with it, b) I love it, and c) I believe it does (or can be made to do) nearly everything I need.
However, after Googling around the org-mode/DocBook space, I'm left with some questions. 1. I'm going to be creating books, as opposed to articles. My org-header looks like this: #+STARTUP: showeverything logdone #+OPTIONS: H:5 num:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:nil -:t f:t *:t <:t #+LaTeX_CLASS: koma-article #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{listings} #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parskip}{2ex plus 4pt minus 2pt} #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} #+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0} #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\topsep}{-10pt} #+LATEX_HEADER: \setlength{\partopsep}{0pt} #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{xcolor} #+LaTeX_HEADER: \lstset{ #+LaTeX_HEADER: basicstyle=\ttfamily, #+LaTeX_HEADER: breaklines=true, #+LaTeX_HEADER: prebreak=\mbox{\ensuremath{\color{red}\hookleftarrow}}, #+LaTeX_HEADER: postbreak=\raisebox{0ex}[0ex][0ex]{\ensuremath{\color{red}\hookrightarrow\space}}, #+LaTeX_HEADER: columns=fullflexible, #+LaTeX_HEADER: keepspaces=true #+LaTeX_HEADER: } #+LaTeX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [book,letterpaper,times,12pt,listings-bw,microtype] but the PDFs I'm getting still look like articles. (I copied the above from some examples posted on this list a while ago. Thanks!) 2. Are there any advantages to considering MarkDown or AsciiDoc as opposed to org markup? (Again, my familiarity with org is a strong incentive here, but I'm willing to consider other options.) 3. The direct route from org to DocBook xml seems to be missing. From what I gather, I can get there somehow via texi (but I don't even have that in org currently), or perhaps export to HTML and then convert that to db xml. Am I missing something? Is there some other route I should consider? 4. [LONGSHOT] Is there any way to /import/ docbook xml into org mode? Thank you very much. -pd -- Peter Davis www.techcurmudgeon.com