From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: madhu To: Mark Galassi Cc: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: jade vs db2html Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 06:36:00 -0000 Message-id: <00020509373100.00516@localhost.localdomain> References: <00020413100700.00646@localhost.localdomain> <76ya91hr0c.fsf@odie.lanl.gov> X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00046.html hi thank you for the quick response. On Fri, 04 Feb 2000Mark Gallasi wrote: > Dear Maddy, > > I don't quite understand what you mean about using "jade instead of > db2html". db2html just invokes jade. does it? in a way yes and no .i guess the problem lies with the word "just" ;-).the outputs from both are not same . > It looks like you upgraded the stylesheets whew! , yes and i also tried doing this .i changed the path in cygnus-both dsl.and made it point to the new db152 html/print in james clark's part.but still the outputs are different.i have a feeling that your part of cygnus-both dsl is tuned to make the ouput look linuxdocish probably to maintain some uniformity and continuity i guess. >. Do you suggest that we update the RPMs to use the new ones? Is >there enough new stuff? i am not sure that alone will help but a small tutorial on what db2html and other scripts are doing will help the unitiated like me for example =) .there are a lot people who use db2html but end up asking jade questions. frankly a rewrite of db2html or howto on rewrite might be of more help ,catching up with norman everytime might be a tough act and maybe unneccessary all the time .it will surely help unhackers like me =). >if norm answers you on the use of — before I dig into > it: he might know off the bat what the current stylesheets do. -- i have solved that problem by doing this correct me on this if i am wrong .but if i use db2html even after making it point to new style sheets it renders — as #8212 ;-without making the above correction ;-) aah! i am stumped =(. but i am more happy with pure jade output so i want know is it okay if use just this -(the minus sign) instead of typing &mdash .it will make my job easier .incidentally docbook the definitive guide is clueless on this . thank u in advance regards maddy ***********----------------************---------------------**************-----------******** " Any path is only a path,Does this path have a heart?If it does,The path is good;if it doesn't it is of no use" Carlos Castaneda,The teachings of Don Juan ***********----------------************---------------------**************-------------*******