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Re: [docbook-apps] Tools for DocBook authoring by non-hackers
- From: "W. Borgert" <debacle at debian dot org>
- To: "Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh at logicsquad dot net>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:07:30 +0000
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Tools for DocBook authoring by non-hackers
- References: <20040114075229.GA80345@grover.logicsquad.net>
- Reply-to: debacle at debian dot org
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:22:29PM +1030, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:
> I am interested to know what (Microsoft Windows-based) tools people
> are using to allow non-hackers to author DocBook documents. (By
> non-hackers, I mean people who almost certainly have never used a
> command line, and whose document authoring experience is probably
> limited to Microsoft Word.)
In the company, we are using XXE (XMLmind XML editor) under
Windows XP and NT. It is a Java application that runs also
under Linux (Debian) w/o problems. Most people were using
MS-Word and QuickSilver before and were able to use XXE.
Of course, working with highly structured, semantic formats
such as DocBook/XML is totally different from working with
unstructered chaos, like word processors. People have to
learn the difference first, otherwise they may get
frustrated.
> I have an upcoming Word->DocBook conversion project in which one of
I don't believe, that Word->DocBook or OpenOffice->DocBook
will ever work. Please prove me wrong.
> the requirements will almost certainly be that my involvement is a
> one-off, and I will need to leave an environment (probably just on a
> single machine) where new documents can be authored, and the various
> output formats can be generated, by office staff whose computing
> skills are probably limited to Microsoft applications. Training will
That's the way we do it, too. People edit their DocBook/XML
documents with XXE under Windows or Linux or they use
Emacs+nxml or Emacs+psgml or whatever they like.
Transforming to CHM or HTML or PDF happens on a dedicated
server. We are not using FO, so I cannot answer about that.
Cheers,
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W. Borgert <debacle@debian.org>
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