From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gregory Leblanc To: Craig Boone Cc: Alan "W. Irwin" , docbook-tools-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Where, what and how - The future of DocBook Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: <5c11299936186bfab0a3d84cd0aae09a@NO-ID-FOUND.mhonarc.org> References: <200012061723.KAA06519@gw.estinc.com> <3A2E8FCB.51D92BD2@estinc.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-q4/msg00067.html Message-ID: <20001206111200.UGCqOPiYSG5KCVVDznH9TCL3bB2SWdmXZr8hnXBUg14@z> > Gregory Leblanc wrote: > > > I've gotten around this the easy way, I don't use pdfjadetex. Instead, > > I use a tool called htmldoc, which convers from HTML to PS/PDF, and does > > a VERY nice job at it. The only thing that's missing is that it doesn't > > convert the external (href) hyperlinks to something useful along the > > way. I can do this with jade, but jade is slow. > > > > Greg > > Is htmldoc something that you created, or is it something that's > available for download? I can't seem to get any of the pdf/ps I guess this is what I get for not posting a URL. :-) http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/ htmldoc is GPL, so use it how you like. > conversions to occur properly with the DocBook tools that I have. I'm > using the db2pdf and db2ps scripts and all they seem to do is explode > and spew latex errors everywhere. I can write picture-perfect sgml and > it makes lovely html conversions, but it doesn't do me much good if I > can't get it printed. We use just straight Jade, as the db2 scripts weren't very portable, and because we NEED good PS/PDF output. The only thing that we're still working on is good text support. > I've been monitoring this list and watching all of the "Future of > DocBook" threads and I gotta say it's a great project and I'd love to be > able to set it as a standard to create all of my documentation. > However, I just can't seem to get a dependable set of tools and solidly > implement them. Suggestions? Take a look at the LDP Authors Guide http://www.LinuxDoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/ It's got a great deal of information on what the LDP is using. I'm actually working on a jade wrapper using make rather than the stuff that the docbook tools project has done, as this is exactly what make is designed for. I hope to have something worth showing off early next year. Greg