DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows

[oaksr at tc dot faa dot gov (Robert CTR Oaks)]

I want to first thank those of you have previously responded to my plea for
help. But I have decided to change my plea.

I am very interested in using DocBook to prepare software documentation and for
writing technical papers. Unfortunately, although I utilize a "real" computer
system (i.e., UNIX) for programming and maintaining data in an Oracle database,
I am forced to use a Windows PC for documentation. I say unfortunately because I
believe that MS Word is the worst word processing program that I have ever used
and I've been using word processing software for 20 years. 

DocBook appears to provide all the capabilities that I want and in a manner that
I can use. But I have encountered difficulties implementing jade and the DocBook
DTD on my PC. As I see it, in order to complete this implementation I need to
learn much more about the specifics of DTDs and DSSSLs, but I just don't have
the time because I am juggling numerous work assignments during the day and most
of my evenings are devoted to preparation for a programming class I teach. 

I'm willing to use a text editor to prepare and maintain the documentation -- in
fact, I still use the vi-editor to maintain html for web pages. What I want is
to be able to write some sgml pages using the DocBook DTD's constructs so I can
determine if DocBook provides the capabilities I need. At this point in time, I
have no intention of writing my own DTD or DSSLs.

Does anyone out there know if this is possible?

==> Bob

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