>>>>> On 16 Apr 1996 18:00:02 -0700, bothner@cygnus.com (Per Bothner) said:
Per> Using sgml is Good, and even if the linux-doc DTD becomes
Per> replaced by some other standard, there will be tools to
Per> translate it - after all that is what sgml is all about.
Hear, hear. Another possible advantage is the Schemely style-sheet
standard :-).
Per> Using the docbook DTD for sgml might be reasonable, but I don't
Per> know of a good set of free tools that work with it. (Perhaps
Per> someone more knowledgeable can comment.)
I happen to have been looking around recently. Schrod's system at
ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/text/sgml/stil (CLOS-based) might be a
start if anyone's enthused:
Furthermore this distribution features an example: the
transformation of DocBook RefEntry documents to Unix nroff man
pages. (The complete DocBook RefEntry DTD is not covered, this is
an example, not a production system. But all prinicipal
transformations have been included, the rest is pure stupid typing.)
Also there and elsewhere are the ICA tools which might help in format
conversion to/from LaTeX (I haven't tried yet) and another system in
the linuxdoc mould, `gf'. It looks to me as though linuxdoc is the
most immediately useful tool and deserving of more attention.
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