On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 09:09 -0500, David Blewett wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi All: > > I read a thread from July explaining the current status of moving to XML > [1].
To add to this, it would take minutes to transform XML versus the days it takes the SGML. Joshua D. Drake > > Peter, you mention that if someone has a clear need you would be open to > switching. Let me explain the problems I've encountered with SGML. > > A few months ago, I split up the 8.1 pdf into 2 volumes so that I could > get a hardbound copy from Lulu. You can get those here [2-3] (I'm not > making any money, it's the pure cost of production). For 8.2, I wanted > to go deeper and be able to distribute the final version to bookstores. > In order to do that, each volume needs to be under 700 pages. > > I started work on modifying the SGML to use a set of 3 volumes, split at > roughly 500 page intervals. I wanted to generate individual ToC's and > indexes for each volume. I started to modify the SGML to include a > "role" attribute for each indexterm, to tell what volume it was part of. > This was done with a simple sed script. When I went to generate the > actual indexes, I hit a brick wall. Apparently, the SGML toolchain > cannot handle typed indexes as described here [4]. Only the XML > toolchain currently handles them. > > I am working with Joshua Drake on creating a Lulu account for the > fundraising group. We would then move the volumes I did for 8.1 to their > account, and raise the price so that any profit went to them. The > ability to order the 8.2 manual from bookstores could increase the > visibility of the project as a whole. > > David Blewett > > 1. > http://groups.google.com/group/pgsql.docs/browse_thread/thread/37ff3a011bb705d7 > 2. http://www.lulu.com/content/455020 > 3. http://www.lulu.com/content/464949 > 4. http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/07/14/dbndx.html?page=3 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFeXIOZmlc6wNjtLYRAo2yAKCZT1NbsklCd8djADdv48MuLELG7wCfYYG3 > ypUw8LU3g++GaY6Dz2vUi+I= > =lC+c > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
