On Tuesday 18 January 2005 02:36 pm, Jose' Matos wrote: > On Friday 14 January 2005 22:24, Matej Cepl wrote: > > Hi, > > > > while reading a Steve Litt's column on writing technical books > > (http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200201/200201.htm) I found this: > > > > This is not completely correct. If you don't need BibTeX (I do), then you > > can pretty easily create Docbook XML from SGML Docbook with the attached > > script (you have to run it in the same directory as the original LyX > > file. You can even define Docbook XML as new format in LyX and define > > conversion for it (see attached screenshot of its definition). It is very > > rough and probably buggy, but it may work at least partially. However, > > then the answer is what to do with Docbook XML file and it is not simple > > either. > > > > Comments? > > lyx 1.4.0 will write directly xml or sgml on demand, you ask. :-)
Great! Here are some more questions: * At this point, now that I'm satisfied with the LyX native format, what would be my advantage in outputting to xml? * Is the xml option round trip, or is xml just another export? * Are any of you planning on outputting to xml? By the way, my January 2002 article was less a gripe and more of a reason why I couldn't have used LyX to frontend docbook. Continuing my 2001 evaluation, I eventually decided that LyX's native format would fit in almost perfectly with my business, and adopted LyX. I'm now in the process of writing my second complete book using LyX. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist Webmaster * Troubleshooters.Com * http://www.troubleshooters.com
