Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-05 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4-6-2011 2:24, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Jun 4, 2011, at 5:06 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), using the cals table module and the directives is

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 4 jun 2011, om 14:24 heeft Aditya Mahajan het volgende geschreven: > > On Jun 4, 2011, at 5:06 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: >> >>> Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, >>> which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), us

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Jun 4, 2011, at 5:06 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: > >> Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, >> which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), using the cals table module >> and the directives is not enough, at least the cals

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 4 jun 2011, om 11:06 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: > >> Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, >> which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), using the cals table module >> and the directives is not enough,

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), using the cals table module and the directives is not enough, at least the cals tables in my valid xml docbook document were never typeset.

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 3 jun 2011, om 18:28 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > On 3-6-2011 5:43, R. Ermers wrote: > >> I tried typesetting docbook with Context, it can be done, I but got stuck on >> the cals tables and some other things. Cals tables can be processed, albeit >> as separate documents only

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-03 Thread Hans Hagen
On 3-6-2011 5:43, R. Ermers wrote: I tried typesetting docbook with Context, it can be done, I but got stuck on the cals tables and some other things. Cals tables can be processed, albeit as separate documents only - not as part of the docbook file - and then imported as pdf files. This was t

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-03 Thread R. Ermers
I tried typesetting docbook with Context, it can be done, I but got stuck on the cals tables and some other things. Cals tables can be processed, albeit as separate documents only - not as part of the docbook file - and then imported as pdf files. This was too cumbersome for me, and does not agr

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-6-2011 7:17, Bruce wrote: Hans Hagen wxs.nl> writes: On 2-6-2011 12:53, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Many thanks for your reply! I would certainly go this way having a couple of months or a year perspective. Besides I'm eager to try finally the new way mkIV deals with xml. But realistically, p

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Bruce
Hans Hagen wxs.nl> writes: > > On 2-6-2011 12:53, Piotr Kopszak wrote: > > Many thanks for your reply! I would certainly go this way having a > > couple of months or a year perspective. Besides I'm eager to try > > finally the new way mkIV deals with xml. But realistically, preparing > > and tes

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-6-2011 12:53, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Many thanks for your reply! I would certainly go this way having a couple of months or a year perspective. Besides I'm eager to try finally the new way mkIV deals with xml. But realistically, preparing and testing a mapping of even a subset of DocBook is a

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-6-2011 11:39, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Dear list, I am beginning a rather tedious documentation project and will most probably end up with DocBook. The fact is I haven't used it for any serious work for about 10 years. Docbook In ConText haven't been updated since 2003. Does it me

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Many thanks for your reply! I would certainly go this way having a couple of months or a year perspective. Besides I'm eager to try finally the new way mkIV deals with xml. But realistically, preparing and testing a mapping of even a subset of DocBook is a question of at least a couple of personmo

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Thomas Schmitz
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:39:46 +0200 Piotr Kopszak wrote: Dear list, I am beginning a rather tedious documentation project and will most probably end up with DocBook. The fact is I haven't used it for any serious work for about 10 years. Docbook In ConText haven't been updated since 2003

[NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-02 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Dear list, I am beginning a rather tedious documentation project and will most probably end up with DocBook. The fact is I haven't used it for any serious work for about 10 years. Docbook In ConText haven't been updated since 2003. Does it mean it's so perfect or instead rather obsole

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread luigi scarso
> > I have been looking at the xml manuals of Pragma. I don't quite > > understand what you mean with the standard chain. > > Hans has a This Way on using xsltproc to generate ConTeXt code, which > you can then process using context. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0008.pdf http://

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Quoting "R. Ermers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thank you very much indeed, Luigi. > > I have been looking at the xml manuals of Pragma. I don't quite > understand what you mean with the standard chain. Hans has a This Way on using xsltproc to generate ConTeXt code, which you can then process using c

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread R. Ermers
Thank you very much indeed, Luigi. I have been looking at the xml manuals of Pragma. I don't quite understand what you mean with the standard chain. I have been experimenting before with docbook -> fo, and fop, and I came across valuable programs like Docman and Gemdoc. But I still prefer the

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread luigi scarso
On 6/7/07, R. Ermers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Has anybody found time to dive into the docbook-Context problem? > > The problem is that all section headings dissappear when in a given > docbook section a table is placed. (Of course the document is validated > against the dtd.) it's

[NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, Has anybody found time to dive into the docbook-Context problem? The problem is that all section headings dissappear when in a given docbook section a table is placed. (Of course the document is validated against the dtd.) I am really puzzled by it, and it prevents me from using Cont

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-04 Thread luigi scarso
On 6/4/07, R. Ermers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > After having had a great deal of problems when submitting my context > files to my publisher, What kind of problems ? -- luigi If your question is of interest to other

[NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, After having had a great deal of problems when submitting my context files to my publisher, I decided to write future projects in docbook (V4.4), rather than switching to Word or Open Office. From the docbook files I then can generate an rtf or wml file which is much more of use for