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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Okay, why?
At 09:38 06/04/01 -0400, <chrisb@kippona.com> wrote: >From: David Johnson <david@usermode.org> > >Are there any benefits to XML over SGML when it comes to docbook? Is it > worth > >my time to learn Java and fix those XSLT engines, or is it better spent > >learning scheme and dsssl? > >I've had the same experience. Despite the momentum behind XML, > > SGML+DocBook(DSSSL)+jade+[jadetex,pdfjadetex]+Makefile+emacs(psgml) > >is a great, multiplatform toolchain which you can start using >this afternoon. Surely, XML+DocBook(DSSSL)+jade+[jadetex,pdfjadetex]+Makefile+emacs(psgml) is also great multiplatform toolchain which also runs "out-of-the-box" ? [OK, a HOWTO for setting up ISO entity catalogues and catalog search order would have been handy :-) ]. My point is that Docbook/XML can be used for markup without having to go down the XLST path, while still leaving XLST as a future option. Dave
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