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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] docbook 4.5 install. Woefully hard?
I did find this package on the list the other day: http://forgedp.fusesource.org/documentation/faq.html Haven't tried it yet, but hoping it is also an easier solution. Most of the time I use oXygen on Windows, though. Best regards, --Scott DeanNelson@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/3/2009 6:50:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > davep@dpawson.co.uk writes: > > On 08/03/2009 02:11 PM, DeanNelson wrote: > > Dave > > I have stayed away from cygwin because I wanted to make sure that the > > users had something simple. I keep a simple doctools tree that > has all > > of the tools that I need (FOP, Saxon, XSLTPROC, etc) and the > users load > > it from Subversion. > > I support both Windows and Linux, since most of the content > generators > > are Windows based and I use both. I created identically named > scripts to > > run the Docbook generation on both Win32 and Linux, which keeps the > > documentation simpler. > > Neat. xxx.bat and xxx.sh? > > Yes. For example: > > makepdf [docbook file] [stylesheet] > > This only becomes a problem with users that have not used the DOS screen > in Windows. Unix folks use it just fine. Even the Windows folks have no > problems after they get to the DOS window. > > > > > Since most of the tools are Java based, > > I'm sure that would satisfy 80% of users. > > The only tools that are NOT Java based are the XSLTPROC & XMLLINT but > have executables in both Windows and Linux. > > > > > > the command calls are similar. I > > include XSLTPROC & XMLLINT for win32 in my distribution because > they are > > available on most Linux distros but not Windows. > > Your experience software developer is correct - it is a bit > confusing at > > first, but sloshing through Bob's book can clear up almost all issues > > and put him on the right path. > > It was the 7 hours he'd taken to google his way round that > he objected to! I'm not even sure he'd found Bobs write-up. > > > > I sometimes forget how much I struggled back when I developed the > > system, and I am a software developer ;-) > > > Any statement on availability Dean? > > Yes, they could be made available. > > > Is it something you maintain for your users? > > Yes. > > > > > > regards > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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