Re: [docbook-apps] Tools for DocBook authoring by non-hackers

["Paul A. Hoadley" <paulh at logicsquad dot net>]

Hi Dave,

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:53:02AM +0000, Dave Pawson wrote:

> http://www.docbook.org/wiki/moin.cgi/DocBookAuthoringTools may help.

Thanks.  Didn't even think to look there.

> I'm guessing you mean hand editing type authoring?

Yes.  Writing things like policy documents and training manuals from
scratch.

> Word to docbook I'd suggest Upcast, but again the wiki
> http://www.docbook.org/wiki/moin.cgi/DocBookTools

The conversion is a one-off.  I can handle that.  The plan is to
convert to XML and then just continue with XML.

> >The solution does not need to be free, but it needs to be robust.
> >I have a personal preference for XEP as the FO renderer, though if
> >people are successfully using some other more integrated solution,
> >I am willing to look at anything.
> 
> For a one off, XEP. Antenna House is sort of expensive.  Fop and the
> java setup could produce problems if the docbook is anything like
> complex?

I see from xmlmind.com that XXE can interoperate with XEP.  This is a
good start.

Is anyone using any of the higher-end products like Arbortext's Epic
Editor?  From a quick browse of the data sheet at arbortext.com, this
looks suitably configurable.  (Can I do something like this
http://www.arbortext.com/html/ee_close-up.html#Figure5 with XXE?)  Can
a tool like Epic interface with an XSLT processor and a FO renderer?
Is anyone authoring DocBook this way?  (i.e. I want to use the
standard XSL stylesheets, not to mention the customisations I've
already made.)


-- 
Paul.

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