On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 21:30, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > hi, > am just getting into the basics of the above, and with links flying fast and > furious as to DocBook, TeX and others, i feel a wee bit confused. which is > used for what ? and if i start off with TeX does it mean that DocBook and > others are also required to be fully conversant with ? where are the end > use(s) ? i mainly require a template that can be utilised to produce > properly formatted reports on a regular basis, so where do i begin ? > answers awaited > regards and thanks a lot for the links, wish we could consolidate them at > the site itself > sm
Actually, Docbook is a markup language (like HTML) which lets you get the output in a number of formats including Tex. (Of course, it cannot handle the advanced features of Tex), but for normal doc. writing purposes, it works fine. (all major documentation projects use it as you can get output in a huge number of formats just from a single file). Another nice advantage is that it automatically generates the table of contents - that saves a lot of trouble. For a document produced by docbook, check out www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/pctel.html www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/pctel.pdf www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/pctel.rtf All produced from a single source file :-) -sayamindu- -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://www.peacefulaction.org/sayamindu/ ] ========================================= Speak out on social and cultural issues at PeacefulAction.Org http://www.peacefulaction.org ***************************************** Quantum Mechanics is God's version of "Trust me." -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
