[Fwd: jw works fine with pdf backend,but complains when using man backend.]

[Hans Deragon <hans@deragon.biz>]

Greetings again.


   Since nobody could explain me why I could generate a pdf file but not a man 
file, let me rephrase my cry for help.

   Does anybody has a receipe that converts an XML docbook to a man page?  The 
receipe I use fails miserably with errors.  An example docbook with the 
command line required to convert the docbook would be nice.


Best regards,
Hans Deragon
--
Consultant en informatique/Software Consultant
Deragon Informatique inc.     Open source:
http://www.deragon.biz        http://facil.qc.ca (Promotion du libre)
mailto://hans@deragon.biz     http://autopoweroff.sourceforge.net (Logiciel)


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: jw works fine with pdf backend, but complains when using man backend.
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:51:06 -0400
From: Hans Deragon <hans@deragon.biz>
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Greetings.


    I try the following:

      jw -f docbook -b pdf -l /usr/share/sgml/xml.dcl test.docbook

    ...and get:

      Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/catalog
      Using stylesheet:
/usr/share/sgml/docbook/utils-0.6.12/docbook-utils.dsl#print
      Working on: /qhander/devel/apt-repo/doc/test.docbook
      Done.

    The PDF file generated is perfect.  No problem here.

    I know try the same command, except I change the backend from "pdf" to
    "man":

      jw -f docbook -b man -l /usr/share/sgml/xml.dcl test.docbook

    ...and get:

    Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/catalog
Using stylesheet: /usr/share/sgml/docbook/utils-0.6.12/docbook-utils.dsl#print
Working on: /qhander/devel/apt-repo/doc/test.docbook
nsgmls:/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.2-1.0-17/docbookx.dtd:112:17:E:
"X20AC" is not a function name
nsgmls:/usr/share/sgml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.2-1.0-17/ent/iso-amsa.ent:8:19:E:
"X21B6" is not a function name

    ...and this repeats until jw reach the 200 limit.

    Why does it work with the pdf backend but I get these errors with
    the man backend?  Actually, jw works with all backends except man and texi,
    which have the same errors.  I am a newbie here and I went on the IRC
    channels but nobody could help me.  My short and valid xml file (passed
    xmllint) is attached to this email.

    My system is Red Hat Linux 9 running:

      DocBook-utils version 0.6.12 (jw version 1.1)

    Any suggestion on how to get the man backend working are welcomed.


Best regards,
Hans Deragon
--
Consultant en informatique/Software Consultant
Deragon Informatique inc.     Open source:
http://www.deragon.biz        http://facil.qc.ca (Promotion du libre)
mailto://hans@deragon.biz     http://autopoweroff.sourceforge.net (Logiciel)

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