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

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

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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