[docbook-apps] Docbook AIR Help

2009-02-03 Thread Jeff Hooker
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone is developing anything for Adobe Air? I currently administer both Docbook and DITA projects, and have been following the development of a DITA plugin for creating "AIR Help" with great interest. Adapting the DITA project to provide online, cross-platform help f

Re: [docbook-apps] manpage/docbook.xsl generated code broken for nroff

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Böhme
Am 03.02.2009 um 22:16 schrieb Bob Stayton: I don't have a system with plain nroff to test this on, so I'm not clear on what exactly the problem is or how to fix it. If you like I could provide you shell access to a Opensolaris 11/08 machine. Do you know if the issue is the use of macr

Re: [docbook-apps] manpage/docbook.xsl generated code broken for nroff

2009-02-03 Thread Bob Stayton
I don't have a system with plain nroff to test this on, so I'm not clear on what exactly the problem is or how to fix it. Do you know if the issue is the use of macro names longer than two characters, or the use of built-in groff instructions that don't work with plain nroff? If it is the former

Re: [docbook-apps] Entities and namespaces

2009-02-03 Thread Ron Catterall
I also have no problem with markup in entities using Saxon. Somewhat related to the thread, but would perhaps be better separate. Indexing a finished text is a pain and involves a lot of repetitive typing of stuff like: etc. I find it a great help to think about index items whilst writing and

RE: [docbook-apps] Compiled xslt

2009-02-03 Thread Mauritz Jeanson
| -Original Message- | From: Mansour | | Compiler errors: |The first argument to the non-static Java function | 'insertCallouts' is | not a valid object reference. |The first argument to the non-static Java function | 'insertCallouts' is | not a valid object reference.

[docbook-apps] Entities and namespaces (was: RE: [docbook-apps] Is it possible to include markup in a general entity?)

2009-02-03 Thread Mauritz Jeanson
| -Original Message- | From: Mike Broschinsky | | The follow up question is, "Where would I have learned this | information?" Is this explicitly stated somewhere, or should | I have been able to derive it from other related statements, | either in TDG or your excellent book? T

Re: [docbook-apps] manpage/docbook.xsl generated code broken for nroff

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Böhme
Ralph Böhme wrote : ... The unedited generated manpage is attached. Now it is. -Ralph.\" Title: achfile .\"Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 .\" Date: 31-01-2009 .\"Manual: Neta

[docbook-apps] manpage/docbook.xsl generated code broken for nroff

2009-02-03 Thread Ralph Böhme
Hello list, I'm facing another problem with the manpage generation from Docbook source: I'm using `xsltproc` with the 1.74.0 XSL manpage/docbook.xsl stylesheet. So far the manpages look allright on platforms that are using groff for formatting (linux, OS X), but on plattform where nroff is use