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Re: OpenOffice and DocBook
- From: ed nixon <ed dot nixon at lynnparkplace dot org>
- To: Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:11:42 -0500
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook
- References: <20030120164529.I7354@sco.com>
- Reply-to: ed dot nixon at LynnParkPlace dot org
Sorry for the noise. Here is a link to the UserGuide info on the DocBook
Template/Filter: http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/UserGuide.html
Bob Stayton wrote:
Mark Evans asked me to forward this message
about an open source DocBook editor.
----- Forwarded message from "M. Evans" -----
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:21:47 -0700
From: "M. Evans"
Subject: OpenOffice WYSIWYG DocBook
You might be interested to know that OpenOffice Writer can serve as a
WYSIWYG DocBook editor. The support at this stage is somewhat
preliminary, but worth exploring (see below). OpenOffice.org can
always use more help if you care to participate in the project.
Native OpenOffice files are themselves XML, but the suite also
integrates support for DocBook XML. There is a mailing list,
http://xml.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=dev
Native DocBook and PDF import/export will feature in the next major
release of OpenOffice (a few months away).
DocBook is already possible in the current release 1.0.1, albeit not
'out of the box.' You must install add-on components.
OpenOffice is fully cross-platform and even runs on Mac.
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html
To a large extent OpenOffice can import legacy Word files. (Worst
case: RTF can bridge from Word to OpenOffice.)
Since OpenOffice itself uses XML file formats, the conversion to and
from DocBook involves XSL transformations. These we can inspect and
change if need be.
OpenOffice is free and open-source.
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