DOCBOOK: Docbook Utils

2001-11-04 Thread David Lloyd
Ok, I've looked at: * http://docbook.sourceforge.net/ * http://www.nwalsh.com/ And also at: * http://ftp.redhat.com/redhat-7.1/[lots of garbage]/updates And I can't find the docbook utilities package (which apparently contains the "jw" package). Annoyingly enough, I found the docbook utiliti

Re: DOCBOOK: Docbook and Address Error

2001-11-03 Thread David Lloyd
Tim! > I will add some RPM runes to prevent these two getting out of sync. Aren't runes those things that were used by the Norse people as stones of power? DSL -- If we could extract all the evil from each of us, Think of the world that we could create! A world without anger, or violence or

DOCBOOK: Docbook and Address Error

2001-11-01 Thread David Lloyd
I have a RedHat 7.1 based system using: * dsssl-stylesheets-1.64 Now, the following: David Lloyd My Address Does not render at all using the print modules. It renders when I use the html modules. Also, when I attempted to use v1.73 stylesheets I got complaints about the number of

Re: DOCBOOK: Errors with XML and Openjade

2001-09-03 Thread David Lloyd
Hmmm... > BTW: is there a tool to convert xml to latex ? (make simple-page-sequence (literal 'latex) ) LMAO -- Pussy's good for six at the most (Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd) To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist us

Re: DOCBOOK: DocBook structure

2001-08-17 Thread David Lloyd
Hi! > can look messy when editing. If I break up the large DocBook file, is > there > a way I can make sure the pages are all linked as they were before, or do > I need to modify the stylesheets? To do what you want, you'll need something similar to this: ]> A Title &chapter1; &chapter2;

Re: DOCBOOK: Docbook -> Text

2001-08-13 Thread David Lloyd
Eric! > There isn't a direct method ? No and it's painful. Note this output: [root]# openjade -f openjade:E: missing argument for option "f" openjade:I: usage is "openjade [-vCegG2s] [-b encoding] [-f error_file] [-c catalog_sysid] [-D dir] [-a link_type] [-A arch] [-E max_errors] [-i entity]

DOCBOOK: Very Basic Question Re: DSSSL+XML

2001-08-08 Thread David Lloyd
Is it possible to parse well-formed XML with DSSSL? DSL -- To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DOCBOOK: xref or link?

2001-06-07 Thread David Lloyd
Here's a few snippets: ... ... Xref Example is a link to the section with that id. ... You can download a copy of "Docbook: The Definitive Guide" from http://www.docbook.org/ for free. It's worth it - when I work with DocBook I have a copy of it in a browser for reference (although I ha

Re: DOCBOOK: Numbers Appearing in TOC

2001-06-04 Thread David Lloyd
Confounded RPM :-( It's ok now. I'd rpm -e --nodeps dsssl-1.59 only to find that something broke, so I rpm'ed it back and stupid RPM clobbered my catalog definitions. DSL

Re: DOCBOOK: Numbers Appearing in TOC

2001-06-04 Thread David Lloyd
Confound! I've downloaded 1.64 and changed /etc/sgml to refer to dsssl-stylesheets-1.64 but I'm still getting funny numbers in the pdf backend. It's fixed on the HTML backend though... DSL

Re: DOCBOOK: Numbers Appearing in TOC

2001-06-04 Thread David Lloyd
Tim! > Please get the docbook-style-dsssl-1.64-2 package, which was recently > released as an erratum package. It fixes this bug. > > Thanks, > Tim. > */ Thanks. That I'll do. It doesn't appear to be on the RedHat update site yet though... DSL

DOCBOOK: Numbers Appearing in TOC

2001-06-03 Thread David Lloyd
I'm using: >From default RedHat 7.1 distribution with no changes to dbparam.dsl or any other settings. When I create my book using db2html which seems to be wrapper for something called "jw", I get toc's with: Linux (comment 1) 1 (comment 2) (comment 1) This is normal and hyperlinked (co

Re: DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-11 Thread David Lloyd
Hmmm... > Since when are they not searchable? http://www.LinuxDoc.org/search.html > has options for what to search, and one of those is the mailing list > archives. So I didn't see the searchable part? I could draw conclusions about how this reflects on the LDP, but... > This is, at least in

Re: DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-10 Thread David Lloyd
Norm (1)! > Can anyone site examples where international date format issues arise > in technical documentation? I can only, sardonically say they occur where dates in text-only format occur. Because the LDP obviously accepts documents from many, many people they don't all conform to the ISO dat

Re: DOCBOOK: Re: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-08 Thread David Lloyd
Bart! > But this isn't everyday life. Presumably you're using SGML or XML markup > to specify exactly what you mean with every piece of text you write. Why > then deliberately use a multitude of local notations for something that > has a standard, unambiguous notation defined for it already? Th

DOCBOOK: DocBook V4.1 RPM's

2001-01-08 Thread David Lloyd
Do they exist anywhere? I'm doing some documentation and the only "official" (but broken) RPMs from RedHat are for V3.1... DL -- The hate stands ready... Send forth your terror into HELL!

DOCBOOK: Re: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-07 Thread David Lloyd
Karl! > That's why we all are asked to use ISO notation these days; if you > really think a DATE element is needed give it a PCDATA content and use: > > 2001-01-08 I refuse to use ISO in everyday life. It's totally unnatural and everyone would think I was weird. They already do anyway.

Re: DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-07 Thread David Lloyd
Hi There! > Wouldn't that be a role of date? Role as in an attribute "role"? Possibly > There are several problems with calendars in general (sorry, prior life > as a data analyst dealing with time and dates). That is all very interesting but it doesn't solve the original problem. The o

Re: DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-07 Thread David Lloyd
Damn! Confound! > Not a good guess: I spend too much time in blasted Unix C land where array indices being at 0 and not 1 :-( > 1) There is and never was a year 0 - The Common Era (C.E. a.k.a. A.D.) >begins in year 1. Agreed. Wholeheartedly. > 2) Whilst it is unlikely that the LDP would

DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format

2001-01-06 Thread David Lloyd
REQUEST FOR ENHANCEMENT --- Type: Additional Sub Element Reason: Elimination of International Date Format Issues Details: Add the following elements to : numerical, from 1 to 31 inclusive numerical, from 0 to infinity (I guess) numerical, from 1 to 12 inclusive