Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Again: Apache FOP,Docbook: Features / Versions,"complete" Docbook distribution

[Markus Hoenicka <hoenicka_markus at compuserve dot com>]

Did you have a look at:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/ntsgml.html

This little document guides you through the setup of an SGML and XML
editing and processing system. DocBook (both SGML and XML) is used as
the main DTD example. The instructions include Emacs, PSGML,
(Open)Jade, xsltproc, Xalan, XT, Saxon, FOP, PassiveTeX, to name a
few.

regards,
Markus

ttg@charter.net writes:
 >  
 > 1/14/02 10:02:14 AM, Alexander Schatten <alasan@gmx.net> wrote:
 > >
 > >I am rather stubborn and want to get the thing running; but as I 
 > >mentioned before: 98 to 99% of all others take a look at for example 
 > >docbook; play around for an hour, dont get the stuff running, and (this 
 > >is the main point and danger!!) never come back, because the say: "this 
 > >is much too complex and does not work".
 > >
 > I can't speak for others, but in the last 9 days I have spent over 70
 > hours trying to get SOME sort of DocBook solution running on my
 > Windoz machine or on a Solaris machine.  So far I can only get
 > XML --> HTML....PDF and other formats still eludes me.  Several of
 > you have helped, and I really appreciate that.  The point is, some of
 > us, no matter how stubborn, still can't get this "dog to hunt!"  
 > 
 > I teach CIS, have 13 years in industry b4 academe, and still
 > have serious problems...

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