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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows
But they are both written with linux directly in mind. :-/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Shelton [mailto:shelton@usq.edu.au] > Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 8:52 > To: 'oaksr@tc.faa.gov'; docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows > > > Try this page for one set of instructions for jade and DSSSL > http://www.jimweller.net/jim/dbxmlqs/ > > and this page for XSLT processing > http://www.fh-frankfurt.de/~igor/projects/libxml/index.html > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: oaksr@tc.faa.gov [mailto:oaksr@tc.faa.gov] > > Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 5:00 > > To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > > Subject: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows > > > > > > I want to first thank those of you have previously responded > > to my plea for > > help. But I have decided to change my plea. > > > > I am very interested in using DocBook to prepare software > > documentation and for > > writing technical papers. Unfortunately, although I utilize a > > "real" computer > > system (i.e., UNIX) for programming and maintaining data in > > an Oracle database, > > I am forced to use a Windows PC for documentation. I say > > unfortunately because I > > believe that MS Word is the worst word processing program > > that I have ever used > > and I've been using word processing software for 20 years. > > > > DocBook appears to provide all the capabilities that I want > > and in a manner that > > I can use. But I have encountered difficulties implementing > > jade and the DocBook > > DTD on my PC. As I see it, in order to complete this > > implementation I need to > > learn much more about the specifics of DTDs and DSSSLs, but I > > just don't have > > the time because I am juggling numerous work assignments > > during the day and most > > of my evenings are devoted to preparation for a programming > > class I teach. > > > > I'm willing to use a text editor to prepare and maintain the > > documentation -- in > > fact, I still use the vi-editor to maintain html for web > > pages. What I want is > > to be able to write some sgml pages using the DocBook DTD's > > constructs so I can > > determine if DocBook provides the capabilities I need. At > > this point in time, I > > have no intention of writing my own DTD or DSSLs. > > > > Does anyone out there know if this is possible? > > > > ==> Bob > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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