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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Newbie's therapy
On Sat, 24 May 2003, Antonios Christofides wrote: > When I first tried docbook, back in 1999, I remember I had a very hard > time with it and quit. At that time I had RedHat 6.2. A couple of weeks > ago I thought I should try it again. Debian 3.0. "apt-get install > docbook-xml docbook-doc docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl-stylesheets > docbook-utils jade openjade xalan ..." Everything installs with an ease > that Microsoft would envy, but nothing works in the end. Three days of > total frustration. > > It is terrible for a newbie to have to read for endless hours in order > to decide whether they should first try jade, openjade, xalan, saxon, > etc. etc., and whether they should use dsssl, xsl, or css, and when they > attempt any of those to run into really serious problems. So far I've > only had some success with xalan and xsl. > > Could you please give me a hint on which tools you'd recommend, and a > couple of guidelines to get me going? Thanks! And I promise I'll flood > you with more specific questions afterwards :-) from one newbie to another, since i've been down that road: docbook-xml + docbook-xsl-stylesheets xsltproc FOP (for XSL-FO -> PDF), needs java that will at least get you started. rday
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