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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Master thesis in DocBook
Sean, Thanks for the great information! Do you, or anyone else on the list for that matter, have any hands-on tips on what tools to use? I have enough knowledge about XML/XSL/XSLT and using a source view editor is no problem at all. But I feel that all this is in vain if the tool chain isn't up to the job. Any suggestions on what tools that really *works* and allow me to turn DocBook documents (including figures, images and equations, as mentioned earlier) into high quality prints? Thanks! -- Per Sean Wheller wrote: >On Wednesday 14 April 2004 14:02, Per Zetterlund wrote: > > >>I've recently started working on my master thesis. It'll be a report >>containing >>about 70 pages with figures, images and equations. Is it any use trying >>to use >>DocBook to write it? Is there tools of enough high quality to make >>printable PDFs with figures (SVG), images (JPEG, PNG) and equations >>(MathML)? Does anyone on the list have experience in writing thesises (or >>similar) in DocBook? >> >> > >Peter, > >Others and myself have experience in writing a complete books with literally >hundreds of pages using Docbook. So there is absolutely no problem in >producing the kind of work you will do using the formats mentioned. > >However, depending on your level of expertise and knowledge of XML, if you are >just starting out with Docbook please do take into consideration that your >learning curve may be steep and you may therefore be inclined to opt for a >more traditional solution. > >The advancement of structural editors, those that provide an editing >environment that is near or comparable to using a traditional wordprocessor >has been great in the last few years. However, depending on complexity, you >may find that you will need to revert to using a source view editor in order >to accomplish the task of including content types like SVG and MathML in to >your manuscript. > >Certainly, it is my experience that while Docbook is now mature enough to >handle most publishing requirements, authors are still required to sometimes >have a deep knowledge of the XML applications they are working with and >should be adapt to working with a number of software applications and >processing tools if their objective includes a reasonable level of >complexity. The more complex the manuscript the greater you will find the >number of applications and tools you will use. > >On the whole, using Docbook for a thesis in not unrealistic, especially with >the terrific support provided by the community which is logged in the >mail-archives. > >Good luck. > >Hope this helps, > > >
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