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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/ntsgml.html "SGML for NT: A brief tutorial how to set up a free SGML editing and publishing system for Windows NT" A very complete guide that by itself constitutes an example of what you try to accomplish. Somewhat biased towards SGML, jade and TeX. If you lean towards XML and XSLT, supplement the above with: http://xslt-process.sourceforge.net/ "XSLT-process is a minor mode for GNU Emacs/XEmacs which transforms it into a powerful editor with XSLT processing and debugging capabilities. XSLT-process is not an Emacs major mode for editing XML or XSLT files, for this you should use Lennart Staflin's PSGML, James Clark's sgml-mode.el major mode (distributed with GNU Emacs), or Tony Graham's xslide XSLT mode. " If you'd rather have everything in a package with all the decisions made on your behalf: http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/TEI/Software/ "Inspired by Kevin Russell's now rather old Ebenezer suite, we have bundled emacs, psgml, and a bunch of other useful stuff together as a single archive for installation on any Windows 32 bit system (30 Mb), or any Unix system (29.5 Mb); This setup was last updated on 20th Sept 2001." Includes TEI and DocBook support. Also for Unix. http://xae.sunsite.dk/ "XML Authoring Environment for Emacs" For XML. If it's not apparent already, I'm somewhat biased towards emacs. Even if you may be able get Arbortext Epic, Softquad XMetaL, or Corel WordPerfect, you'll sometimes need more hands-on control. There's an introduction to emacs + psgml at http://www.snee.com/bob/sgmlfree/emcspsgm.pdf Be sure to see the PSGML Tricks page: http://www.snee.com/bob/sgmlfree/emcspsgm.html BTW, emacs 21 has just been released (though not quit yet on WindowsNT). While better support for fonts and images have been available for some time in XEmacs, the release of emacs 21 will probably spur the development of better visual feedback. If you absolutely can't stand emacs, here's some alternatives: epcEdit http://www.epcedit.com/ Tcl/Tk-based SGML and XML editor Does CALS tables 60-days evaluation XXE http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ Java-based XML editor, in beta, but useful Does CALS tables to some extent Morphon http://www.morphon.com/ Java-based XML editor Does not do tables (when I last checked) 30-days evaluation XED http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~ht/xed.html Python/Tk based XML editor Does not do tables Kind regards Peter Ring -----Original Message----- From: oaksr@tc.faa.gov [mailto:oaksr@tc.faa.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:00 PM 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>
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