Garnier Garnier wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it > or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went > through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch > to but involves a very deep learning curve. Is there any plug-in available to > make things easier? I need to know this as some of the writers are not keen > to learn XML and would rather click buttons that would take care of what they > want to generate. The company will definitely not invest in training nor am I > aware of any institute/entity in India that imparts training in DocBook. > > When I start exploring I will definitely join the DocBook user forum. Am > writing to this list as I need some firsthand information about the tool. > > Any kind of related information is welcome. > > TIA > B/R > Garnier >
Two or three years ago, I created huge EDDs for DocBook 4.12, 4.5, and 5. Of the three DB 5 is a little incomplete because a few items were missing in the DTD file that the DocBook people assembled. Still, a helluva lot could be done with the almost-intact DB 5. [I read somewhere in the minutes of a meeting several months ago that the editor involved with DB 5 might complete that DTD...] But with the advent of DB 5, the DTD version is nonnormative. Gary
