RE: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows

[Phillip Shelton <shelton at usq dot edu dot au>]

But they are both written with linux directly in mind. :-/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Shelton [mailto:shelton@usq.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 8:52
> To: 'oaksr@tc.faa.gov'; docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows
> 
> 
> Try this page for one set of instructions for jade and DSSSL
> http://www.jimweller.net/jim/dbxmlqs/
> 
> and this page for XSLT processing
> http://www.fh-frankfurt.de/~igor/projects/libxml/index.html
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oaksr@tc.faa.gov [mailto:oaksr@tc.faa.gov]
> > Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 5:00
> > To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: DOCBOOK: Implementing DocBook on MS-DOS/Windows
> > 
> > 
> > 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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