On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 12:24 +0100, Oliver Betz wrote:
> Alan Gibson wrote:
> 
> > i am trying to do create a basic DocBook file with OpenOffice 2.0. ive
> > followed the instructions for creating xml filters at
> > http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/.
> 
> I can't see for which OO version(s) these instructions are. I can't 
> even see whether they are "better" than the files shipped with OO 
> 2.0.1.

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> 
> With the downloaded files, I get no linebreaks in the DocBook XML 
> (unreadable). With the files shipped with OO 2.0.1 the XML output 
> contains linebreaks.
> 

So set OOo to do this for you. It is a configuration option.

> With both versions I could't import very simple DocBook files, and 
> export was not much better.
> 

Right. No import. Export only.

> So unless somebody tells me that DocBook _should_ work in OO 2.0, I 
> consider DocBook support useless and stop any further experiments. 
> Too bad.
> 

Hmm, if you have any experience, perhaps you could join at
http://xml.openoffice.org/ and help improve the export filter. You could
also try Tools > XML filter settings and see if you can use this new
interface to do what you want.
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