Allegedly, on Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 02:02:04PM +0000, W. Borgert stated: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 09:05:29AM -0400, R. Wood wrote: > > A related question about generating XML/DocBook: is anyone here > > sufficiently familiar with both DocBook and reStructuredText to > > judge whether the latter can actually generate well-formed output of > > the former? > > > > If yes, this might make it much simpler for some people to produce > > DocBook, without having to edit XML directly. > > Just my unqualified opinion: You could write a document in reST and > transform into DocBook/XML. However, other contributors will change > the DocBook/XML version and there is no lossless transformation in the > other direction. E.g. in reST, you have ``literal text``, whereas in > DocBook/XML you may have <literal>literal text</literal>, > <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>, <constant>pi</constant> etc. > > Cheers, > -- > W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://people.debian.org/~debacle/
I see, so you are saying that reST could be useful for preparing a brand new piece of documentation, but after that it is best to edit DocBook directly. Makes sense. Have Fun with GNU/Linux, Raymond -- "Be Nice, or Leave - By Order of the Management" (Sign above door, Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield) GPG Fingerprint: 2E4D 8605 DD48 E80F F893 1C02 B65D 86D9 3B3C 0E03 Encrypted E-mail Preferred Bush-whacked 2004! Try to relax and enjoy the Chaos :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
