Re: [docbook] [docbook-apps] Tools to make DocBook easier

[Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Warren Young wrote:

> On Sep 14, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Sep 2015, Warren Young wrote:
> >
> > > On Sep 14, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> > > > What tools are there to make working with DocBook easier?  I wrote a lint-like proofreading tool
> > >
> > > There’s already xmllint
> >
> > Sure.  But xmllint only validates the XML, and that misses many, many common mistakes that mystify authors.
>
> I thought you asked what other tools were available?

Yes, but hoping for something that helps make it easier to write in 
DocBook.  (Although, come to think of it, I would like to figure out how 
to get xmllint --nsclean to actually remove all the redundant
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; in our XHTML output.)

> > I'm the first to admit that igor does not really understand XML or DocBook at all, it's just some ugly Perl tricks to detect common problems. Improvements or rewrites are welcome.)
>
> http://blog.codinghorror.com/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way/
>
> May I suggest switching to XML::Parser, which does not invoke any of the Old Ones?

That would be a major rewrite.  Yes, it would be good, and it would also 
be nice to switch to some more popular language at the same time.  And 
there are many more tests that could be done.  Unfortunately, there are 
a lot of projects that are higher on my list.

Fortunately, igor does have the redeeming qualities of mostly working 
and actually existing right now.

I'd be happy to work with anyone interested in designing a better 
replacement.