On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 03:14:44PM +1000, Hugh Fisher wrote:
>
>
> DocBook is the best format for anything that has to be
> delivered in multiple forms, which includes reference
> specifications. As noted by others it will handle text,
> diagrams, cross-referencing, and other tedious but
> necessary details for professional documents.
>
> I won't deny that it's got a steeper learning curve
> and is somewhat clunky in places. But none of the
> alternatives - Lyx, Wiki, and so on - is problem free,
> nor will any of them be *significantly* more productive.
> Sure, some kinds of document will be easier to prepare
> in <insert your candidate here>, but others will be
> harder. DocBook is a bit more effort up front but it
> will pay off when you need to produce, say, PDF and
> Web versions, and then revise them.
Sounds like you have experience working with it. Do you have any
advice on which open source authoring tools are good for editing it? And
can you work with DocBook in WYSIWYG mode (presumably by pointing the editor
at a style sheet file)?
My desktop publishing experience is with FrameMaker, which I like a
lot. Unfortunately, it doesn't offer everything we're looking for here.
Otherwise, its precise and responsive control of layout and typography is a
dream.
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