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Re: getting started info
- To: Elisa Ma <Elisa dot Ma at actional dot com>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: getting started info
- From: Jirka Kosek <jkj at kosek dot cz>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 09:44:11 +0200 (CEST)
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Elisa Ma wrote:
> As a complete newbie to docbook (why didn't I know about it sooner?), I need
> to know basic requirements for beginning to work with it. I'm thinking of
> making a Linux partition on my computer, although most apps at work operate
> on NT.
Everything neccesary to use DocBook is also ported to Windows, so you need
not to install Linux.
> It appears that I could try out docbook "simple" by using java enablers,
> etc., that are easily downloaded and implemented on Linux...does this make
> sense to all you sophisticated docbook users out there? Is someone willing
> to assist an experienced tech writer understand the initial steps of getting
> docbook up and running? I'm used to viewing and interpreting code, so I'll
> catch on quickly.
If you decide to use NT based installation, there is very good tutorial:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/ntsgml.html
DocBook is excellently explained in book DocBook The Definitive Guide.
(http://www.docbook.org/).
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