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

[Carlos Araya <carlos@cvc.edu>]

On 01/14/02 23:32, "Dave Pawson" <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> At 23:26 14/01/2002 -0800, Carlos Araya wrote:
>> Do you think it's possible for us to agree on using a certain set of tools
>> then? Is there such a one-step-wonder solution for creating documents with
>> Docbook? Is there a tool that converts docbook to other formats without
>> using xsl or dsssl?
> 
> yes (for this market)
> yes (for the newbie market), but not a one step wonder
> no.
Thanks, that's what I thought

> 
> 
> 
>>> 
>>>> 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.
> 
> And I've been corrected already. Try the faq at www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook
> Perhaps Norm could point to it from docbook.org?
The more places we can point people to the better

>> I would at least give it a shot, if we can recommend one toolchain to
>> newbies so that Docbook is not as intimidating to them as it was to me when
>> I started, I would love to write it and help people out that way
> 
> Have you read Markus H's stuff. Its always worked for me?
No, what's the URL?

> 
>> I would pick HTML for web delivery and PDF for print. We can generate a lot
>> of the other formats starting from there.
> 
> With fop? Or Passivetex?
Fop... Although it's not as feature complete as Passivetex, it's been my
experience that it's easier to install (and this is my experience only,
*puts asbestos underwear on* your milleage may vary)

>>  I also believe that the startup is
>> 90% of the work... Picking up the correct version of every single thing
>> (docbook, stylesheets and toolchain processing tools) is where we loose a
>> lot of people
> 
> That's why I liked the idea of 'skipping' a few versions. Say one update
> per year, at Norm's choosing?
I'm all for it... What do other people think?

> 
> Regards DaveP
> 

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