Re: [docbook-apps] Framemaker to DocBook conversion

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

Camille Bégnis wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I've been crawling archives and websites, found 2 threads dating back
> from 1999 and 2005, but nothing definitive. FM hacking looks not quite
> appealing.
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> We have to migrate FM docs to DocBook, and using intermediate formats
> like HTML or RTF give quite poor results.
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> Looking at the XML output from FM, it looks quite decent, the
> hierarchical structure could even be reconstructed with a bit of XSL
> neurons burning I believe.
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> So did someone found a reliable FM -> DocBook conversion method?
A guy called Chris (anyone help me with a surname? I feel guilty 'cos I 
met him)
 used to hang around on this list. IIRC he did a lot of Frame 
transforms, and I'm sure docbook was one target.

Keep looking, I feel sure you'll find something Camille.

HTH DaveP





regards 

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