Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook Stylesheets for ASCII conversion?

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

Derek Hohls <DHohls@csir.co.za> writes:

> A shot in the dark, maybe...
> 
> Does anyone know of any stylesheets that will convert DocBook
> documents into a plain ASCII format?

The way that most people do that is to first use the standard DocBook
stylesheets (either XSL or DSSSL) to convert to HTML, and then
post-process that by running it through either lynx, links, or w3m with
the -dump option to generate plain text.

A lot of Linux distros also have front-end scripts to make it easier to
do; for example, you can find Tim Waugh's "xmlto" script on Red Hat and
some other distros.

  --Mike

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