Re: [docbook-apps] how email works

2012-04-18 Thread Mark Craig
Hello, The documentation at http://www.docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/email.html doesn't seem to give a definitive answer, In some processing environments, email may automatically generate a hypertext link (a mailto: URL). The 1.76.1 stylesheets definitely generate an active

[docbook-apps] Making PDFs in Windows

2012-04-18 Thread Yves S. Garret
Hi guys, have you ever used Docbook to generate PDFs in Windows? Did you use Cygwin? If not, would you recommend anything else?

Re: [docbook-apps] Making PDFs in Windows

2012-04-18 Thread DeanNelson
Its not necessary to use Cygwin or MinGW. I use a batch file that calls XSLTPROC and FOP to generate PDFs under Windows. Check our Bob Stayton's book for more info. Regards, Dean Nelson In a message dated 4/18/2012 6:51:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, yoursurrogate...@gmail.com

RE: [docbook-apps] Making PDFs in Windows

2012-04-18 Thread David Goss
Take a look at this chapter from the Docbook XSL Guide: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/InstallingAnFO.html That guide, along with the Docbook Definitive Guide are indispensible. 98% of problems I've had are addressed in one of those these two books.

[docbook-apps] Learning DocBook and related technologies

2012-04-18 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, I created a page on the DocBook wiki with links to resources for learning DocBook, xslt, and related technologies for our incoming GSoC students. I added links for a few things I know about, but please add other stuff (especially good free

Re: [docbook-apps] Learning DocBook and related technologies

2012-04-18 Thread Stefan Hinz
Hi David, I added links for a few things I know about, but please add other stuff (especially good free web tutorials): http://wiki.docbook.org/LearningDocBook After registering and logging in to Moin Moin Wiki, I can't edit the page because it's listed as an immutable page. Can you change

Re: [docbook-apps] Learning DocBook and related technologies

2012-04-18 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I went ahead and added that. I'll add you to the user group once you send me your login name. Thanks, David On 04/18/2012 12:05 PM, Stefan Hinz wrote: Hi David, I added links for a few things I know about, but please add other stuff (especially

Re: [docbook-apps] Making PDFs in Windows

2012-04-18 Thread Paul Tremblay
I have used both cygwin and mingw. I prefer mingw because cygwin has so many bugs, and in fact the latest version does not work with the FOP bash script. However, as others pointed out, you can generate PDF from the windows shell. I prefer not to use the Windows shell because it has so many