Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:47 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: The above is just for historical reference. I agree with you solution. :-) OK unless there are objections in the next couple days I will do so. Done at

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:47 AM, José Matos wrote: >> The above is just for historical reference. I agree with you solution. :-) > > OK unless there are objections in the next couple days I will do so.

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wednesday 31 July 2013 18:53:00 Scott Kostyshak wrote: José or Martin, Is there a natural reason for AGU and docbook to go together? When I google for AGU docbook, I see mostly LyX links. IIRC At the time when Martin included this AGU was testing/implementing a new format based on

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:47 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Wednesday 31 July 2013 18:53:00 Scott Kostyshak wrote: José or Martin, Is there a natural reason for AGU and docbook to go together? When I google for AGU docbook, I see mostly LyX links. IIRC At the time when Martin

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wednesday 31 July 2013 18:53:00 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > José or Martin, > > Is there a natural reason for AGU and docbook to go together? When I > google for "AGU docbook", I see mostly LyX links. IIRC At the time when Martin included this AGU was testing/implementing a new format based on

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:47 AM, José Matos wrote: > On Wednesday 31 July 2013 18:53:00 Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> José or Martin, >> >> Is there a natural reason for AGU and docbook to go together? When I >> google for "AGU docbook", I see mostly LyX links. > > IIRC At the time

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote: We can add some note comment on the top of the document. I went with this suggestion for now because it is seems the least controversial. I would prefer to have the document in the attic (for the correct reason now, I think).

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > We can add some note comment on the top of the document. I went with this suggestion for now because it is seems the least controversial. I would prefer to have the document in the attic (for the correct reason now, I think).

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi José, here are some more

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Pavel

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote: Scott Kostyshak wrote: When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex (Open Jade) gives

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex (Open Jade) gives errors (listed in this thread) and then stalls. And what's the

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote: Scott Kostyshak wrote: When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex (Open Jade) gives

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: We can set the default format to LyXHTML and we can put a note at the top along the lines of exporting to PDF of this document is currently not working. Actually I'm not against moving this to attic, but the proper reason is obsoleteness, not the fact that it creates

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote: Scott Kostyshak wrote: We can set the default format to LyXHTML and we can put a note at the top along the lines of exporting to PDF of this document is currently not working. Actually I'm not against moving this to attic, but

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos wrote: >>> On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi José,

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Pavel

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the > > You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex (Open Jade)

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >> When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the > > > > You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? > > Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex (Open Jade) gives errors > (listed in this thread) and then stalls. And

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >> When I try to export AGU_article to a pdf (I appear to have the >> > >> > You mean that AGU_article which is meant to be for docbook stall with pdf? >> >> Yes, on my system and on Kornel's. jadetex

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

Scott Kostyshak wrote: > We can set the default format to LyXHTML and we can put a note at the > top along the lines of "exporting to PDF of this document is currently > not working". Actually I'm not against moving this to attic, but the proper reason is obsoleteness, not the fact that it

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> We can set the default format to LyXHTML and we can put a note at the >> top along the lines of "exporting to PDF of this document is currently >> not working". > > Actually I'm not against moving this

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote: On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase I get these when trying to export

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos wrote: >> On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>> Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase >>> >>> I get these when trying to

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase I get these when trying to export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. Also note that another problem is that LyX hangs for me

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM, José Matos wrote: > On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase >> >> I get these when trying to export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. >> >> Also note that another problem is that LyX

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase I get these when trying to export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. Also note that another problem is that LyX hangs for me when trying to export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. It would be nice

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 17 May 2013 23:46:18 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Hi José, here are some more errors for you to chase > > I get these when trying to export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. > > Also note that another problem is that LyX hangs for me when trying to > export AGU_article.lyx to ps2pdf. It would be

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the DUMMY references (pun intended). :-D I will try to chase and fix the others. Hi José, here are some more

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, José Matos wrote: > On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the "DUMMY" > references (pun intended). :-D > > I will try to chase and fix the others. Hi José, here are

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 23:31:55 Scott Kostyshak wrote: OK, I will apply the patch then unless someone disagrees. José cannot test because he does not use sgmltools. Scott You can test easily if you create a new document from templates. There is a simple docbook template that will work

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 18:00:09 Pavel Sanda wrote: José Matos wrote: The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the DUMMY references (pun intended). :-D Dunno how much related but I remember docbookdummy problem reported in bug tracker. Pavel I think that you right I

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 23:30:16 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Your patch does help. Here is the output I get now from db2pdf (exit code is 8): Yes, I get the same. I think that the reasonable course of action is to update the docbook support for 4.5 (released in 2006). I will look in to this

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 1:32 PM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Friday 12 April 2013 23:31:55 Scott Kostyshak wrote: OK, I will apply the patch then unless someone disagrees. José cannot test because he does not use sgmltools. Scott You can test easily if you create a new document

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Friday 12 April 2013 23:30:16 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Your patch does help. Here is the output I get now from db2pdf (exit code is 8): Yes, I get the same. I think that the reasonable course of action is to update the

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Saturday 13 April 2013 14:24:52 Scott Kostyshak wrote: There was someone interested in adding support for DocBook 5: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8444 Let me know if there's anything I can do to test. Scott The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same that we

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:32 PM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same that we are having in another thread regarding python. Interesting coincidence. I guess major releases are a good time to talk about changing version

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

José Matos wrote: The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same that we are having in another thread regarding python. I must admit that I'm so confused, that I don't even know what version do we support now(4?). And what is the relation between SGML and XML version of

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/13/2013 02:11 PM, José Matos wrote: On Friday 12 April 2013 18:00:09 Pavel Sanda wrote: José Matos wrote: The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the DUMMY references (pun intended). :-D Dunno how much related but I remember docbookdummy problem reported in bug

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 23:31:55 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > OK, I will apply the patch then unless someone disagrees. José cannot > test because he does not use sgmltools. > > Scott You can test easily if you create a new document from templates. There is a simple docbook template that will

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 18:00:09 Pavel Sanda wrote: > José Matos wrote: > > The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the "DUMMY" > > references (pun intended). :-D > > Dunno how much related but I remember docbook problem reported in bug > tracker. > Pavel I think that you right

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Friday 12 April 2013 23:30:16 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Your patch does help. Here is the output I get now from db2pdf (exit code is > 8): > Yes, I get the same. I think that the reasonable course of action is to update the docbook support for 4.5 (released in 2006). I will look in to this

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 1:32 PM, José Matos wrote: > On Friday 12 April 2013 23:31:55 Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >> OK, I will apply the patch then unless someone disagrees. José cannot >> test because he does not use sgmltools. >> >> Scott > > You can test easily if you create a

Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, José Matos wrote: > On Friday 12 April 2013 23:30:16 Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> Your patch does help. Here is the output I get now from db2pdf (exit code is >> 8): >> > > Yes, I get the same. I think that the reasonable course of action is to >

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Saturday 13 April 2013 14:24:52 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > There was someone interested in adding support for DocBook 5: > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8444 > > Let me know if there's anything I can do to test. > > Scott The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:32 PM, José Matos wrote: > The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same that we > are having in another thread regarding python. Interesting coincidence. I guess major releases are a good time to talk about changing version

Re: Re: Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

José Matos wrote: > The question between docbook 4 (mostly 4.5) and docbook 5 is the same that we > are having in another thread regarding python. I must admit that I'm so confused, that I don't even know what version do we support now(4?). And what is the relation between SGML and XML version

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/13/2013 02:11 PM, José Matos wrote: On Friday 12 April 2013 18:00:09 Pavel Sanda wrote: José Matos wrote: The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the "DUMMY" references (pun intended). :-D Dunno how much related but I remember docbook problem reported in bug tracker.

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: I tried to test docbook_article with db2pdf and I get errors. Here are a few: openjade:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.n10355/lyx_tmpbuf2/docbook_article.sgml:113:68:E: element DUMMY undefined

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/10/2013 10:01 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the latex way so I agree with you that the ps backend is the way to go (even if in the end it is the same

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

José Matos wrote: The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the DUMMY references (pun intended). :-D Dunno how much related but I remember docbookdummy problem reported in bug tracker. Pavel

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: I have different errors since I only have docbook 4.5 installed. The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the DUMMY references (pun intended). :-D I

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 04/10/2013 10:01 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the latex way so I agree with you that the

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > I tried to test docbook_article with db2pdf and I get errors. Here are a few: > > openjade:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.n10355/lyx_tmpbuf2/docbook_article.sgml:113:68:E: > element "DUMMY" undefined >

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/10/2013 10:01 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos wrote: The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the latex way so I agree with you that the ps backend is the way to go (even if in the end it is the same

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

José Matos wrote: > The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the "DUMMY" > references (pun intended). :-D Dunno how much related but I remember docbook problem reported in bug tracker. Pavel

Re: Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:31 PM, José Matos wrote: > On Wednesday 10 April 2013 22:05:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > I have different errors since I only have docbook 4.5 installed. > > The patch attached fixes the first problem you describe the "DUMMY" > references (pun intended).

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/10/2013 10:01 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos wrote: >>> >>> The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the >>> latex >>> way so I

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the latex way so I agree with you that the ps backend is the way to go (even if in the end it is the same transformation path). OK, it sounds like it makes

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos jama...@lyx.org wrote: On Tuesday 02 April 2013 16:42:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: FWIW I am using the db2xxx tools (db2dvi db2html db2pdf db2ps db2rtf) from the docbook-utils project http://sources.redhat.com/docbook-tools/ Ah, I had not seen that. I

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos wrote: > The sgmltools (that I don't have installed) will most probably use the latex > way so I agree with you that the ps backend is the way to go (even if in the > end it is the same transformation path). OK, it sounds like it makes

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:20 AM, José Matos wrote: > On Tuesday 02 April 2013 16:42:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > FWIW I am using the db2xxx tools (db2dvi db2html db2pdf db2ps db2rtf) from > the docbook-utils project http://sources.redhat.com/docbook-tools/ Ah, I had not seen

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Tuesday 02 April 2013 16:42:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: Currently the converter chain for DocBook - PDF (ps2pdf) is the following: docbook - DVI DVI - Postscript Postscript - PDF (ps2pdf) The converter for docbook - DVI is: sgmltools -b dvi $$i sgmltools has a backend for

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Tuesday 02 April 2013 16:42:09 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Currently the converter chain for DocBook -> PDF (ps2pdf) is the following: > > docbook -> DVI > DVI -> Postscript > Postscript -> PDF (ps2pdf) > > The converter for docbook -> DVI is: sgmltools -b dvi $$i > > sgmltools has a

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/02/2013 04:42 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Currently the converter chain for DocBook - PDF (ps2pdf) is the following: docbook - DVI DVI - Postscript Postscript - PDF (ps2pdf) The converter for docbook - DVI is: sgmltools -b dvi $$i sgmltools has a backend for postscript also. Is

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: The docbook stuff is pretty old, and it may be that sgmltools didn't have the ps backend last time anyone looked at this. I don't know. Perhaps José will tell us. OK, I'll wait to see what José says. But yes: If we want to

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On 04/02/2013 04:42 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: Currently the converter chain for DocBook -> PDF (ps2pdf) is the following: docbook -> DVI DVI -> Postscript Postscript -> PDF (ps2pdf) The converter for docbook -> DVI is: sgmltools -b dvi $$i sgmltools has a backend for postscript

Re: DocBook converters (no knowledge of DocBook required)

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > The docbook stuff is pretty old, and it may be that sgmltools didn't have > the ps backend last time anyone looked at this. I don't know. Perhaps José > will tell us. OK, I'll wait to see what José says. > But yes: If we