Glad to hear that it helped you out. I also preferred the xmlto solution as it ran faster (actually worked in my case), but the results weren't so good. xmlto is actually a toolchain that uses a number of other programs for generating documents. PassiveTex is used for PDF generation, and, when I looked at it for my project, it seemed to be incomplete and not being maintained anymore. I was surprised it was still being used in mainline Linux distros, but I guess there was nothing else - FOP was new and incomplete, and requires Java.
This is an excellent reference, BTW: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html Owen On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 01:45:41PM -0500, Chris Knowles wrote: > Wow, that works like a champ. > > I just wish it were possible to do without all the trouble of installing > all that software... I mean, xmlto says it can do PDF output. > > But thanks for the help. > > (and if anyone knows of a way to get xmlto to work, I'm all ears.) > > CJK > > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 12:38 -0500, Owen Berry wrote: > > From: > > Owen Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: > > Triangle Linux Users Group > > discussion list <[email protected]> > > To: > > Triangle Linux Users Group > > discussion list <[email protected]> > > Subject: > > Re: [TriLUG] Docbook, PDF and > > Ubuntu (5.10) > > Date: > > Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:38:35 -0500 > > > > > > I've been working off FC2/3, but have had better luck with FOP > > (http://xml.apache.org/fop/) for generating PDF's. Here's part of a > > README I created for a project I worked on where we created > > documentation using docbook. BTW, I found installing the latest and > > greatest versions of these tools, rather than using the "built-ins" > > from > > your distro, to be key in getting things to work: > <SNIP LOTS OF GREAT XML/FOP STUFF> -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
