Re: [docbook-apps] docbook framework for win32 and linux

[Gisbert Amm <gia@webde-ag.de>]

Volker Bernhard Duetsch wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> my intesion is to setup a identical docbook framework/environment to work
> with on GNU/Linux and W2K/Win XP systems.
> Up to now I've used eDe (http://docbook.e-novative.de) on W2K and Win XP
> but I will switch to GNU/Linux at home and have to stay with W2K at work.
> eDE is not available for GNU/Linux therefore I will setup my "own" framework.
> I've downloaded the following files:
>      605.489 docbook-dsssl-1.78.zip
>       83.865 docbook-xml-4.3.zip
>    2.452.986 docbook-xsl-1.65.1.zip
>    6.438.559 fop-0.20.5-bin.zip
>    1.568.040 openjade-1_3_1-2-bin.zip
>      321.998 slides-3.3.1.zip
>      218.409 website-2.5.0.zip
>   15.711.841 xalan-j-current-bin.zip
> for the W2K and Win XP system.
> 
> I tried the following structure:
> 
> buch
> +---binaries
> |   +---build
> |   |   \---site
> |   |       +---dev
> |   |       |   +---fo
> |   |       |   \---svg
> |   |       +---fo
> |   |       |   \---images
> |   |       +---images
> |   |       \---skin
> |   |           +---css
> |   |           +---images
> |   |           \---scripts
> |   +---conf
> |   +---docs
> |   +---examples
> |   |   +---embedding
> |   |   |   +---java
> |   |   |   |   \---embedding
> |   |   |   |       +---model
> |   |   |   |       \---tools
> |   |   |   \---xml
> |   |   |       +---fo
> |   |   |       +---xml
> |   |   |       \---xslt
> |   |   +---fo
> |   |   |   +---advanced
> |   |   |   +---basic
> |   |   |   +---footnotes
> |   |   |   +---graphics
> |   |   |   +---keeps_and_breaks
> |   |   |   +---markers
> |   |   |   +---pagination
> |   |   |   +---region_body
> |   |   |   +---svg
> |   |   |   \---tables
> |   |   \---servlet
> |   |       +---conf
> |   |       +---lib
> |   |       \---src
> |   \---lib
> \---docbook
>     +---dsssl
>     |   +---bin
>     |   +---common
>     |   +---contrib
>     |   |   +---html
>     |   |   +---imagemap
>     |   |   +---print
>     |   |   +---renumberinpart
>     |   |   \---subdoc
>     |   +---dtds
>     |   |   +---dbdsssl
>     |   |   +---decls
>     |   |   +---html
>     |   |   +---imagelib
>     |   |   \---olink
>     |   +---frames
>     |   +---html
>     |   +---images
>     |   |   \---callouts
>     |   +---lib
>     |   +---olink
>     |   \---print
>     +---dtd
>     |   \---ent
>     \---xsl
>         +---docbook_1.65.1
>         |   +---fo
>         |   +---html
>         |   +---htmlhelp
>         |   +---javahelp
>         |   \---xhtml
>         +---slides_3.3.1
>         |   +---fo
>         |   +---html
>         |   \---xhtml
>         \---website-2.5.0
> 
> Setting classpath and path won't work...
> Can you help me and tell me how to setup this tools step-by-step to get it
> to work on W2K and Win XP in the first step? If it works as expected I
> will try the same on my GNU/Linux box.
> 
> Any hints and tips are appreciated.

How do you set the CLASSPATH and PATH and how do you start the docbook 
processing? How does your commandline look like?

I can't see xalan in your structure.

BTW: I recommend using Apache ANT as buildtool; this prevents you from 
writing the driver code twice for Windows and Linux.

Regards,
Gisbert Amm