From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Craig Boone To: Gregory Leblanc Cc: "Alan W. Irwin" , docbook-tools-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Where, what and how - The future of DocBook Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 06:36:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A2E8FCB.51D92BD2@estinc.com> References: <200012061723.KAA06519@gw.estinc.com> X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00425.html 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 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. 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? -- Craig A. Boone craig@estinc.com Technical Writer Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. Ph: 602.470.1115 Fax: 602.470.1116 www.estinc.com After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box. --Italian Proverb Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. --Mark Twain From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Craig Boone To: Gregory Leblanc 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 11:06:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3A2E8FCB.51D92BD2@estinc.com> References: <200012061723.KAA06519@gw.estinc.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-q4/msg00066.html Message-ID: <20001206110600.ybzYW33mFsYMW-G09QZf5D8i5vjLQ8BVk8_Cb1HW1yg@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 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. 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? -- Craig A. Boone craig@estinc.com Technical Writer Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. Ph: 602.470.1115 Fax: 602.470.1116 www.estinc.com After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box. --Italian Proverb Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. --Mark Twain