DOCBOOK-APPS: How to process a DocBook file on Debian? (fwd)

2002-12-22 Thread Tom Peters
Does anyone know a specific HOWTO deal with DocBook/XML on Debian Linux? The Oasis and docbook.org have plenty on how to write a docbook file, but are scarce on how to process it. There are plenty of references saying "use OpenJade" or whatever, but it is a nightmare of stuff that can't be found o

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: How to process a DocBook file on Debian? (fwd)

2002-12-22 Thread Michael Schuerig
On Thursday 19 December 2002 00:11, Tom Peters wrote: > Does anyone know a specific HOWTO deal with DocBook/XML on Debian > Linux? The Oasis and docbook.org have plenty on how to write a > docbook file, but are scarce on how to process it. There are plenty > of references saying "use OpenJade" or

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: How to process a DocBook file on Debian? (fwd)

2002-12-22 Thread Kevin Conder
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Tom Peters wrote: > Does anyone know a specific HOWTO deal with DocBook/XML on Debian Linux? > The Oasis and docbook.org have plenty on how to write a docbook file, but > are scarce on how to process it. Not Debian specific, but helpful: http://en.tldp.org/HO

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: How to process a DocBook file on Debian? (fwd)

2002-12-23 Thread tubaman
On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 01:27:40AM +0100, Michael Schuerig wrote: > AFAIK, there's no direct and easy way to get a printable representation > of a docbook file. You can use xsl-stylesheets to generate FO output > and process that in turn with fop (package lib-fop-java). > Alternatively, there'

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: How to process a DocBook file on Debian? (fwd)

2003-01-15 Thread Yann Dirson
Hi Tom, On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:11:48AM +0100, Tom Peters wrote: > - what tools do I need in what order? You have several frontend tools available (mostly docbook-utils and sgml2x), which should pull in all the necessary tools. Use one of the interactive package-selection tools (aptitude, dse