> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Joachim Ziegler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2002 17:44
> An: Norman Walsh
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DocBook
> Betreff: DOCBOOK: Re: Markup for exercises
>
> Am Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2002 14:46 schrieb Norman Walsh:
> >
> > In computer hardware and software documentation? Maybe. Maybe not.
> >
> > Exercises seem more like a teaching tool, an extension for tutorial
> > documentation, perhaps. Still, the question has come up before. I
> > wonder what else fits in that category?
> >
>
> I often give courses about programming and software technologies. In these
>
> course, the participants have to do a lot of exercises. Normally I use
> Latex
> to produce the handouts.
>
> My last course was on XML and of course, *this* handout had to be written
> in
> XML itself in order to demonstrate the power of the technology. I was
> using a
> simple DTD and stylesheets of my own to produce HTML and PDF.
>
> Now I want to change to DocBook (as Docbook is a major subject in this
> course
> and as the stylesheets are much more sophisticated than mine). I really
> miss
> an exercise-tag, but maybe that's not what DocBook was designed for.
>
> BTW, I've written a book about learning programming. It was coded in Latex
>
> (and in German). I'm currently evaluating DocBook as a basis for the
> second
> print of this book or for some other book about programming (mainly
> because I
> like the ability to output HTML). The more I learn, the less I'm convinced
>
> that the current state of the XSL technology will produce a high quality
> PDF
> output comparable to Latex. Am I right?
[Schlienger, Marc] I find this an interesting question and, since
I'm also new to DocBook, I would be pleased to see answers on this subject
from the gurus ;-)
> (I you want to peek at it: www.algorilla.de/PLMP)
>
> If DocBook is not the right DTD for writing a book about programming
> (including exercises), what else in the XML world is? Should I stick with
> Latex?
>
> Greetings,
> Joachim
