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Re: sgml tools help
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- Date: 05 Apr 2000 09:24:29 -0300
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Tom Fawcett <fawcett@mindspring.com> writes:
> Are there instructions anywhere that explain, start to finish, how to
> install a set of working tools for converting DocBook documents into
> (tex,pdf,html,txt)?
>
> The old sgmltools package provided backends like sgml2ps. The current
> sgmltools RPM includes various binaries (eg jade, jadetex, nsgmls,
> sgmltools), but no mention in the documentation of backends to produce
> final output.
>
> The OSWG provides a pointer to a working set of tools
> (ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com:/pub/docbook-tools/). These include db2XXX
> backends for DocBook, eg db2ps, from the stylesheets package. But there's
> no txt backend, and from the package listing that Greg Ferguson's posted I
> assume these aren't the tools the LDP uses anyway.
>
> I've looked at two or three tutorial introductions to DocBook. They seem
> to mention the software without specifying how to get it set up and working
> such that LDP authors can convert documents into the LDP standard formats.
> Thanks for any help.
If you have Jade installed, I have a Makefile with such backends.
It can generate every output supported in jade/openjade.
You'll have to change some paths only.
Please, drop me a message if it's of your interest.
Regards,
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Godoy. <godoy@conectiva.com.br>
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Publishing Department Conectiva S.A.
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