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 Hagenpra...@wxs.nl 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

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 - not

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

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, at

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 pra...@wxs.nl 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

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 pra...@wxs.nl 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),

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

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

[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

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 kops...@gmail.com 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

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

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

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

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

2011-06-02 Thread Bruce
Hans Hagen pragma at 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

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

2011-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-6-2011 7:17, Bruce wrote: Hans Hagenpragmaat 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

[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

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 in my

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
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

[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

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 others as

[NTG-context] Docbook and Context

2004-11-15 Thread John Culleton
There appear to be two programs dealing with conversion of XML Docbook documents to Context, Docbook in Context and XSLT. the former has not been updated recently and the latter has documentation dating to 2001. I have a potential customer who is XML conversant and wants me to set up his

Re: [NTG-context] Docbook and Context

2004-11-15 Thread Siep Kroonenberg
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 09:14:49AM -0500, John Culleton wrote: There appear to be two programs dealing with conversion of XML Docbook documents to Context, Docbook in Context and XSLT. the former has not been updated recently and the latter has documentation dating to 2001. I have a

Re: [NTG-context] Docbook and Context

2004-11-15 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 15.11.2004 um 15:14 schrieb John Culleton: There appear to be two programs dealing with conversion of XML Docbook documents to Context, Docbook in Context and XSLT. the former has not been updated recently and the latter has documentation dating to 2001. I have a potential customer who is