On Thursday, June 22, 2000, Gerald Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I do like DocBook as a source format.
>
> However, regular users should not have to deal with DocBook in any way.
I think we can cover the users if we include the generated HTML (and
possibly generated flat text) in with the distribution (though not
necessarily in CVS).
> I had to do that earlier this year, and locating and installing all
> required programs and files (from source) on Solaris was annoying,
> and on FreeBSD it was a nightmare.
I don't doubt that at all. DocBook/SGML still has a ways to go before
it becomes a solid, well-supported platform. I think XML will help
spark that (there's also a DocBook/XML version).
John
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