Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - sgml or xml docbook?
Current efforts are based on XML.
> - toolchain?
Theoretically, this shouldn't matter *too* much. I've been pretty
happy with xsltproc on Debian, which you mention later.
> - stylesheets/ addons that might be useful?
> - what do I need to read to get control over my output (eg. section
> indents, fonts, spacing) - as I never solved this one in the DSSSL
> days (ie I found DSSSL too arcane, and/ or didn't find a book or
> tutorial)
xslt stylesheets with variations for all your different end-result
formats.
> - images
I think that's a pretty standard tag(s).
> What is given is my environment and requirements:
> - Debian GNU/Linux exclusively ("testing") (i386)
Good to see:-)
> - output to HTML, and either PDF or RTF, for distribution, and
> Postscript (I assume) for printing
Don't know about the PDF/printed side, but things as they stand work
great for HTML.
> - large documentation set - perhaps four or five books (2 years?)
> - many images in DIA
> 1) On the weekend, I found a post mentioning how to create lists
> without the full line of excess space after each list item in the
> HTML output (use simpara). But this doesn't work if you use two
> simparas, one after the other. I want spacing at 3pt or else 0pt,
> but not a full blank line after every para. This is an example that
> I never solved in my first docbook excursion years ago (I never
> figured out even simpara at the time, so we put up with spaced out
> lists).
I would have a look at mixing in HTML stylesheets with your output.
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/ is a good reference.
That's all I know how to respond to, sorry I can't add more!
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