Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Again: Apache FOP,Docbook: Features /Versions,complete Docbook distribution

2002-01-15 Thread ttg
Juan, OK, now I am REALLY confused! First I thought that DSSSL was a dying, gasping on the beach dead fish, kind of standard since it isn't well supported, etc. And XML/XSLM was the new and better way to go. Now you throw in TEX stuff!!! Wowsers, is there any other path you could recommend to

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: DocBook with AbiWord?

2002-01-14 Thread ttg
Matt, If you want the benefits of DocBook with as little hassle as possible, then get a good, DTD-aware XML editor. My suggestion is then to download the HTML copy of _DocBook: The Definitive Guide_ (get it from docbook.org), and keep it open in a browser. In my opinion, working that way is

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Again: Apache FOP, Docbook: Features / Versions,complete Docbook distribution

2002-01-13 Thread ttg
Please clarify the tools... 1/13/02 9:56:00 AM, Alexander Schatten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my.xml -- my.fo using fo/docbook.xsl I can do this using xsltproc. my.fo -- my.fop using fo/fo-patch-for-fop.xsl (included w/1.48) What tool do I use for this? my.fop -- my.pdf using fop.

DOCBOOK-APPS: Fop?

2002-01-13 Thread ttg
Hi, Having now taken a file from XML -- HTML via xsltproc from XML -- .fo via xsltproc from .fo -- .fop via xsltproc and downloaded the fop.sh I try to run fop.sh from the command line (CYGWIN), and am told: [: Doc: unknown operand [: Doc: unknown operand java not found Reading the script I

DOCBOOK-APPS: Couple of minor issues with the XHTML DTD or XSL?

2002-01-12 Thread ttg
Hi, It seems like the XHTML DTD or the XSL is generating a couple of misformed tags. Specifically the p/ and dl/ tags. I am using xsmlproc with docbook-xsl-14.5 for my builds. According to the W3C recommendations, (Appendix C), the minimized form of the p/p container should be p / with the

DOCBOOK-APPS: Getting .fo to .some-sort-of-text?

2002-01-12 Thread ttg
Hi, OK, I am working along just fine, using xsltproc I can get XML -- HTML just fine. Using the same tool, I can get XML -- .fo just fine. How do I go from .fo to some sort of text format? Thanks In Advance! tim

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: looking to develop training materials using docbook

2002-01-08 Thread ttg
Rday, Errr, it's not a DocBook solution, but StarOffice can take those files and use them just as is, or even make them run faster and cleaner, it is available for M$ OSs, as well as Linux and Solaris. It is free from Sun Microsystems, www.sun.com/staroffice/ and is a far, far better tool than

DOCBOOK-APPS: Getting the right Doctype for xsltproc?

2002-01-06 Thread ttg
Some questions: First, I am still, despite the best efforts of a couple of you, seemingly a clueless newbie...sigh for that I apologize in advance... I can't find out how to build the right DOCTYPE to have xsltproc parse my little xml file. I created a very simple one just to see if I could