RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Windows editor for DocBook XML that does not me sswith files?

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

I use emacs.  If you have the right major and minor modes set up and the
preferred setting set or unset, it should work.  However she does have to
get used to seeing all the tags there in the text.  It does give a drop down
list of the tags that can be used at any given level.  You might also want
to have CVS run a dos2unix type script to `fix' the line feeds as she
checkout's and commits.

It is only a suggestion.

> -----Original Message-----
> Folks,
> 
> I am in a position where I have another tech writer who will be
> assisting me with documentation.  The intent is to keep it all
> in DocBook XML.  There are, however, a couple of major issues:
> 
> 1. I work in Linux. She works in Windows.
> 
> 2. I work in a text editor (vim) and have no problem swimming
>    in a world of tags.  She is used to working in GUI tools 
>    like Microsoft Word.
> 
> So... in order to bring her up to speed the quickest, I would like
> to find a Windows GUI editor that she can use to work with
> DocBook XML. Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Free/open source is preferred, but commercial is also an option.
> 
> Beyond being something that she can be comfortable working with,
> my technical concern is that I do not want the tool to mess with
> the formatting of the XML file.  I do everything in CVS and will
> be setting her up with WinCVS to access the repository.  I want
> an editor that will suck in an XML file, let her edit it, and 
> then write it out without changing spacing, indentation (i.e. 
> doing anything to "pretty up" the code).
> 
> I want to be able to do CVS diffs and seeing only *her* changes,
> not those that the editor will make. (Can you tell I have had
> previous (negative!) experience with editors?)
> 
> Any suggestions will be most appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
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