RE: DOCBOOK: newbie kick in the pants

[Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu>]

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> From: tf@malcolmsmith.net [mailto:tf@malcolmsmith.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 1:24 AM
> To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: DOCBOOK: newbie kick in the pants
> 
> 
> howdy guys,
> 
> I need a ruthlessly simple "kick-start".  I just got the xml docbook
> tarball, and I need to know what to do with it. 

Not a clue, sorry.

> 
> I have an sgml mode for emacs already - and I'm pretty sure its
> psgml, but on one of the "tutorial" sites I've visited, more emacs
> action was mentioned.
> 
> one more...if I'm writing docs, say, in emacs...do I write it
> all, then mark it up, or mark it up as I go? (the latter seems like
> a pain)

Depends on personal preference.  DocBook allows for a lot of markup, or just
a little.  I find that if I go and write a few pages, then try to mark it
up, I spend a long time on it.  If I do markup as I go, it doesn't seem to
take as long.
	Greg