RE: [docbook-apps] Tools to make DocBook easier

2015-09-19 Thread Gerard Nicol
Would anybody be interested in building a docbook VM environment with: 1. Docbook 2. Git 3. Build for man pages, PDF, HTML output etc. I have experience setting thise things up, but need help with the docbook customizations to make it all look nice. My thinking is that there seems to be agreemen

RE: [docbook-apps] dblatex (was Re: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook)

2015-09-16 Thread Gerard Nicol
Is there a recent document that lists all of the alternative tools along with their features and benefits? -Original Message- From: Warren Block [mailto:wbl...@wonkity.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 9:03 AM To: maxwell Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [docbook-ap

RE: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook

2015-09-13 Thread Gerard Nicol
Katie, I started my IT career working with IBM mainframes. Mainframers live in a parallel upside down universe where simplicity is complexity and the more you need to know about something the more worthy it is of your admiration. When I first started selling software I learned the ha

RE: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook

2015-09-13 Thread Gerard Nicol
er 2015, 11:35:11 schrieb Gerard Nicol: > I'm surprised nobody has put together a Linux VM image with Git and > Docbook etc. Shouldn't be too difficult. ;) > I'd happily pay a few thousand a year for a subscription to a hosted > or packaged Docbook environment if the resu

Re: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook

2015-09-12 Thread Gerard Nicol
I'm surprised nobody has put together a Linux VM image with Git and Docbook etc. The reason people fork out $2000 plus for RoboHelp is that it kind of works out of the box. I'd happily pay a few thousand a year for a subscription to a hosted or packaged Docbook environment if the results loo

RE: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook

2015-09-11 Thread Gerard Nicol
Nils, What stylesheets were used to generate the documentation at http://docs.openstack.org/ with the table of contents on the right and the search box etc at the top? It would be great if there was a cookbook for producing documentation that looked that goo

RE: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook

2015-09-11 Thread Gerard Nicol
waste time and money working with people who write content that I end up deleting. Here is an example of one of my manuals http://documentation-us.gazillabyte.com/book_sync.pdf Hope that helps. Gerard Nicol / CEO <mailto:gerard.ni...@gazillabyte.com> gerard.ni...@gazillaby