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Subject: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows
I want to first thank those of you have previously responded to my plea for help. But I have decided to change my plea. I am very interested in using DocBook to prepare software documentation and for writing technical papers. Unfortunately, although I utilize a "real" computer system (i.e., UNIX) for programming and maintaining data in an Oracle database, I am forced to use a Windows PC for documentation. I say unfortunately because I believe that MS Word is the worst word processing program that I have ever used and I've been using word processing software for 20 years. DocBook appears to provide all the capabilities that I want and in a manner that I can use. But I have encountered difficulties implementing jade and the DocBook DTD on my PC. As I see it, in order to complete this implementation I need to learn much more about the specifics of DTDs and DSSSLs, but I just don't have the time because I am juggling numerous work assignments during the day and most of my evenings are devoted to preparation for a programming class I teach. I'm willing to use a text editor to prepare and maintain the documentation -- in fact, I still use the vi-editor to maintain html for web pages. What I want is to be able to write some sgml pages using the DocBook DTD's constructs so I can determine if DocBook provides the capabilities I need. At this point in time, I have no intention of writing my own DTD or DSSLs. Does anyone out there know if this is possible? ==> Bob
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