On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 12:24, Denis Crowdy wrote: > Alan L Tyree wrote: > > > Is anyone using DocBook? I'm looking at converting from LaTeX, but emacs > > + psgml does not seem to give the author support that I get with emacs + > > auctex + reftex. Am I missing something? In particular, it would be nice > > to have the support of reftex in pulling in bibtex references. > I tried using refdb for citing and bibliographies using DocBook - > > http://refdb.sourceforge.net/ > > From recollection it converts bibtex files fairly neatly. I found it > all a bit messy in terms of the markup needed for citing works in the > way I needed (a modified Harvard system). It was certainly nice in > terms of flexible conversion options though - rtf (I know - but other > people I work with "just know" about it), pdf, html and so on. It also > meant more mucking around with mysql than I had time for too.
Well, rtf is part of my problem as well. One of the publishers I work with only takes rtf/doc files. I have fount that latex2rtf isn't doing as nice a job as I would like. The DocBook conversions are much better. One of the other publishers is using DocBook as their primary system, so I thought I would have a look at changing from LaTeX. But, as I said, I need (or at least want) the good author support (outlining, citation, cross-referencing) that I get with emacs/auctex/reftex. > > Went back to LaTeX in the end; still haven't comletely solved the > process of co-authoring stuff with people who use word processors. There is no solution. And it is certainly impossible to get them to change! Thanks for you comments, Alan > > Denis Crowdy > > -- > Department of Contemporary Music Studies > Macquarie University > NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 > http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- ------------------------------------------------------ Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
