On Friday 17 February 2006 07:55, John Pye wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Can anyone tell me if there is an up-to-date HOWTO somewhere for using
> Lyx for DocBook output of software user's manuals?
No, that has been in my TODO list for a long time. :-(
> In particular, I want to be able to generate 'chm' files for Windows,
> and DocBook XML for GNOME ('yelp' help browser). Is this something that
> other people on the list are doing?
You need to find a tool that converts docbook to chm, and then use the
traditional way of configuring lyx.
1) Add format, with its viewer
2) Define how to convert from docbook to chm
> I found this but it's 5 years old, and hopefully things have become
> easier...
> http://bgu.chez-alice.fr/doc/db4lyx/
>
> If such a HOWTO /doesn't/ exist, maybe there'd be someone willing to
> collaborate on putting it together?
I can explain why lots of things are the way they are, and if
possible/necessary fix those bugs.
> Cheers
> JP
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José Abílio
