Are you aware that the SGML and XML processes are exactly the same, except when writing XML you just have to obey more specific rules?
Jon On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > Starting from here: > http://www.tldp.org/ldp/ > > http://mirror.digitalvoodoo.org/ldp/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/ > > I am trying to write an XML text that will become a Mini-HOWTO. I have read > the whole guide above as well as another solid FOUR HOURS of documentation, > and I have written a bare outline of what will later become a Mini-HOWTO in > XML. However, I'll be damned if I can get any tool I find to render this > XML into HTML or TXT. Now, I have installed the following packages in order > to solve dependencies with linuxdoc-tools: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dsssl]# rpm -qa --last | more > linuxdoc-tools-0.9.20-8 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:36:03 PM CST > tetex-latex-1.0.7-66 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:35:29 PM CST > netpbm-progs-9.24-10 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:34:53 PM CST > netpbm-9.24-10 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:34:38 PM CST > tetex-1.0.7-66 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:34:12 PM CST > dialog-0.9b-20020814.2 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:33:27 PM CST > openjade-1.3.1-12 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:33:11 PM CST > docbook-dtds-1.0-17 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:32:47 PM CST > libxml2-2.5.4-1 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:32:39 PM CST > xml-common-0.6.3-14 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:32:36 PM CST > tetex-fonts-1.0.7-66 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:32:11 PM CST > libtiff-3.5.7-11 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:31:28 PM CST > libpng-1.2.2-16 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:31:25 PM CST > libjpeg-6b-26 Sat 27 Sep 2003 05:31:18 PM CST > sgml-common-0.6.3-14 Sat 27 Sep 2003 09:56:28 AM CST > > However, I find in the LDP Author's Guide a note about a DSSSL by Walsh and > another by the LDP, which seem NOT to be installed with the RPM packages > that I have but which seem to be required. Of course, there is also no note > on where to put them on my system once I get them. I've now spent well over > five hours reading lots and lots of documentation everywhere and nothing > seems to match or make sense. > > This whole "writing an XML text to make a HOWTO" thing just C-A-N-N-O-T be > that hard, I refuse to believe it! Can anyone offer any tips on what I need > to do to get my XML text rendered into HTML or other formats? If not, > tomorrow I'm just going to have to rewrite that mother in SGML, where I can > just use the sgml2html command and be done with it because I am just about > out of patience. > > Sheesh! *grmbl* *grmbl* > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
