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Re: Re: DocBook with AbiWord?
- From: ttg at charter dot net
- To: "Matt G." <matt_g_ at hotmail dot com>,DocBooklist <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:48:45 -0600
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: DocBook with AbiWord?
Matt,
>If you want the benefits of DocBook with as little hassle as possible, then
>get a good, DTD-aware XML editor. My suggestion is then to download the
>HTML copy of _DocBook: The Definitive Guide_ (get it from docbook.org), and
>keep it open in a browser. In my opinion, working that way is actually
>*easier* than clicking through cryptic menus and dialog boxes of any of
>these GUI-based word processors I've used.
>
Excellent suggestion, I have also used it this way.
>I work this way (though I use vi), even though I own a printed copy of TDG
>(which was very useful for getting started & reading while away from the
>computer).
>
Besides, we should support authors willing to spend all that time
creating references. Norm did an outstanding job!
>DocBook is so thoroughly documented, in the reference section of TDG, that
>99% of the time, it concisely provides *exactly* what you need to know. I
>claim that, working that way, a newbie can be 90% up the learning curve, in
>an afternoon, so long as you already have all your tools setup properly.
>
I agree with you all the way, but that last sentence is a mouthful!
That is/was the hard part for me, I still don't have the tools set up
and ready... A package sure would make life sweeter!
tim