Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: PSGML 1.2.* and DTD compilation...

[Michael Smith <smith@xml-doc.org>]

Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

> [...] finally looking into getting things setup so that PSGML mode
> (1.2.1) will save compiled DTDs. [...]
>
> It works fine, for example, for DocBook XML V4.1.2, but when
> attempting to compile the Website DTD, psgml chokes on the compiled
> version of DocBook XML V4.1.2 (which it apparently tries to load
> when it encounters a reference to it in website.dtd).

Yipes! I guess to get it working with 4.1.2, you must already have
Abe (Yasushi)'s patch:

  http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/7085/2000/12/0/4772957/

So must be a different problem...

> Anyone else encountered this and constructed a workaround? It seems
> like psgml should always read the uncompiled source form of DTDs
> when compiling...

Not yet used the Website DTD, but I'll try with my setup and see what
happens. Maybe you can get a workaround from someone on the PSGML lists:

  http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=9156

Also I think Mark Johnson <mark@phy.duke.edu> and others at Duke do
lots of work with Emacs/psgml with the Website DTD.