Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: XMLSPY and DocBook

[Roel Vanhout <roel@riks.nl>]

I've tried to let our authors use XMLSpy, but that didn't work out too 
great. It's ok for simple things, but for tables & formulas & documents 
bigger than let's say 3 chapters of 5 section's each, you're out of 
luck. Also I found the stylesheets to be not so great, and it was very 
slow with a document of a reasonable size (50 kb+).
If you're willing to spend some money, you're imho better off with Epic 
(www.arbortext.com) (considering that XmlSpy isn't cheap either...) You 
can mail me if you have specific questions about XmlSpy & DocBook, if 
you want.

cheers,

roel



Corey Arnold wrote:
> Hi,
> I am considering using DocBook to create a Manual of Procedures.  
> Ideally I'd like to do so in an environment that is easy for those who 
> are unfamiliar with programming and mark up to understand.  Currently I 
> am trying to use XMLSPY.  If someone has attempted this before I would 
> very much appreciate input into the feasibility of this plan or if 
> someone can suggest an information resource that would be great too.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Corey