On Monday 13 December 2004 17:30, Bo Peng wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I am a long time lyx user but totally new to sgml. I am writting a
> user's manual and decide to use sgml for its better style. I encountered
> several problems:
>
> 1. For whatever text in code and verbatim environment, I see [[CDATA etc
> in ps/pdf/html output. The tex file exported looks like:
>
> \begin{verbatim}
> <![CDATA[>>> print a=5
> ]]>
> \end{verbatim}
>
> and the lyx code is (I am using include but plan text has the same
> problem)
>
> \begin_inset Include \verbatiminput*{b.txt}
> preview false
>
> \end_inset
That is a bug. Could you send me a small file showing this?
> 2. no mathematical formula. For a displayed formula \sin \alpha^2, the
> generated latex code is
>
> {$<$}{[}CDATA{[}$\backslash$sin$\backslash$alpha\^{}$\{$2$\}$
> sin
> alpha 2
It is a tricky subject. We are trying to get it right in 1.4.
> 3. My understanding (I could not find any lyx sgml manual) is that SGML
> environment is for plain sgml code. However, when I input
> <author>someone else</author> in SGML enviroment, I get
>
> <author>someone else</author>
>
> in sgml export.
For that you need ERT. The SGML layout will go out in 1.4.
> 4. I would like to use a batch file to generate ps/pdf/html files but
> could not figure out what exactly the commands to use. What are the
> routes of lyx to generate files?
> lyx->(sgml?)->tex->dvi->ps
> lyx->sgml->tex->pdf
> lyx->sgml->pdf?
> lyx->tex->html
> lyx->sgml->html?
That all depends if you are using linuxdoc or docbook. They are different
and they have different toolchains.
> 5. I am using a SGML article style with standard title/date/author etc
> and I can at least get some output. When I use docbook SGML style, I
> get a bunch of error messages like
>
> % Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1-1.0-17.cat
> Using stylesheet:
> /usr/share/sgml/docbook/utils-0.6.12/docbook-utils.dsl#print
> Working on: /tmp/lyx_tmpdir5097uuHXpm/lyx_tmpbuf1/userGuide.sgml
> jade:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir5097uuHXpm/lyx_tmpbuf1/userGuide.sgml:13:0:E:
> character data is not allowed here
> jade:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir5097uuHXpm/lyx_tmpbuf1/userGuide.sgml:14:10:E:
> end tag for"AUTHOR" which is not finished
>
> I have no idea at all what is going on.
That means that the exported document is badly formed.
> I am using a standard redhat 9 box with the following apt-get'ed
> packages
>
> lyx-1.3.5
> linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-8
> openjade-1.3.1-12
> sgml-common-0.6.3-14
> jadetex-3.12-9
> docbook-style-dsssl-1.76-8
> docbook-utils-0.6.12-5
> ... what else?
That is fair.
> lyx reconfigure says:
>
> +checking for linuxdoc class linuxdoc... yes
> ...
> +checking for docbook class docbook-book... yes
> +checking for docbook class docbook-chapter... yes
> +checking for docbook class docbook-section... yes
> +checking for docbook class docbook... yes
>
>
> Many thanks in advance.
--
José Abílio
