Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Again: Apache FOP,Docbook: Features / Versions,"complete" Docbook distribution

[Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk>]

At 21:11 14/01/2002 +0100, Alexander Schatten wrote:


>the meaning is this: off course: provide current updates off all 
>subprojects for the specialists. but PLEASE provide ONE solution, that 
>does is all for the "normal" user. this one must not be updated that often 
>and also needs not to support xsl and dsssl and css and latex and...

That does make a lot of sense people.

>sorry, but the main point you start searching is http://www.docbook.org 
>the FAQ there is pretty short, and gives no information about xsl or fo 
>stuff I would need.

Fair comment. It is new.


>>>I am rather stubborn and want to get the thing running; but as I
>>>mentioned before: 98 to 99% of all others take a look at for example
>>>docbook; play around for an hour, dont get the stuff running, and (this
>>>is the main point and danger!!) never come back, because the say: "this
>>>is much too complex and does not work".
>>How much of that is Docbook's problem and how much of that is a problem with
>>the Docbook Toolchain either for XSL or DSSSL?

The toolchain works well for (as you say, 95% of user needs).
The tagset the same. The variants make it a pig to start (to keep your car 
analogy)



>>If we could all agree on a toolset to recommend to beginners, then it would
>>be easier to write instructions for them and I'd be more than delighted to
>>write it myself.

Sure?


Some good points Alex.

I have my tools. As a newbie what outputs do you want, i.e. which elements of
the toolchain would you choose?

Regards DaveP