Re: DAVENPORT: Re: DocBook

[eduardo <Eduardo.Gutentag@eng.sun.com>]

Version 2.2.1 of Docbook is rather very old. Please go to
http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ to retrieve the
latest version (3.1)

Eduardo

>  Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 11:23:20 -0500
>  From: ANTONIO <donantonio@csi.com>
>  To: davenport@berkshire.net
>  Subject: DAVENPORT: Re: DocBook
>  
>  Bernd: I am also learning about the DOCBOOK DTD myself, since I must write
>  my dissertation in THREE FORMATS: CD-ROM (e-book), webSite, and printed
>  text book, all three formats.
>  
>  I have found tremendous help in my friend Pagyn Alexander
>  <hardings@ulen.polaristel.net>. Here is the message our friend wrote me. I
>  hope it will help you as much as it has done for me!
>  
>  «Here some information that might help you about the Docbook DTD. If you
>  need
>  more specific help about DTD modification after reading this information,
>  send a
>  note to our technical person:
>  
>  «Lloyd@infoauto.com
>  
>  «Have a wonderful weekend! Pagyn
>  
>  «About the DocBook DTD:
>  
>  «A new version of the Docbook DTD, version 2.2.1, is now available,
>  with documentation.  For information on the Docbook DTD in general,
>  the Davenport Group Archive, and the Davenport group, see
>  
>          http://www.ora.com/davenport/README.html»
>   I guess that link is broken, instead you may try:
>          <http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/>
>  
>  «The distribution for the new version of the DTD (except for the
>  Postscript version of the documentation) is in a shar file obtainable
>  from ftp.ora.com, as described below.  Comments on infelicities and
>  failings of the documentation and the format of the distribution
>  are welcome.
>  
>  «*How to Get the DocBook DTD Online
>  
>  «The DocBook DTD and its documentation can be found online
>  in the Davenport archive (/pub/davenport/docbook) at ftp.ora.com
>  (198.112.208.13, same as www.ora.com).
>  
>  «To retrieve the DTD and its documentation by WWW, fetch the files
>  at these URLs, save them to disk, and uncompress them, or in the
>  case of the .shar file, sh it (sh docbook.2.2.1.shar):
>          http://www.ora.com/davenport/docbook/docbook.2.2.1.shar
>          http://www.ora.com/davenport/docbook/docbook.ps.Z
>  
>  «the documentation in SGML is included in the shar file.
>  
>  «Here is a sample session showing you how to retrieve the DTD
>  and its documentation by ftp:
>  
>          % ftp ftp.ora.com
>          Connected to amber.ora.com.
>          220 amber FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Fri Apr 15 14:14:30 EDT
>  1994)
>                  ready.
>          Name (ftp.ora.com:terry): anonymous
>          331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
>  
>          Password: <-- type e-mail address
>          ftp> cd pub/davenport/docbook
>  
>  «The DocBook DTD and related ASCII files may be found in
>  a file named ``docbook.N.shar'', where N
>  is the current revision number:
>  
>          ftp> get docbook.2.2.1.shar
>  
>  «The ``get'' command will put this ASCII shar file on your
>  system.  You must later ``sh'' it on your system:
>          sh docbook.2.2.1.shar.
>  
>  «Most of these files also exist separately and may be ftp'd individually.
>  
>  «The DocBook documentation is in a compressed PostScript file:
>  
>          ftp> binary
>          ftp> get docbook.ps.Z
>  
>  «This will put the binary files on your system.  You must
>  uncompress the documentation before sending it to a PostScript
>  printer or viewer (.ps), or to an SGML browser (.sgm).»
>  
>  Plase tell me, Bernd, how is going your success!
>  
>  Regards:  Antonio M. Aveleyra
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Bernd Förner escribió:
>  
>  > I'm totally new to the DocBook-DTD. A few weeks ago I started working
>  > with FrameMaker+SGML and I have downloaded and installed the
>  > DocBook-SGML-application written by Mark Galassi. But I don't know how
>  > to write a documentation with it.
>  >
>  > Does somebody knows about a good DocBook-introduction for beginners?
>  >
>  > Best regards
>  > Bernd Pörner
>