On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 06:40, Karsten Wade wrote: > > I gather you're speaking for rhel Karsten? > > Never let it be said that I speak for RHEL ... :) ... I speak for myself > only, unless otherwise stated. In which case my question remains, modified. Are fc documents being processed by 'todays' tools, i.e. xslt and the current docbook stylesheets? > Because the answer is, what are you talking about?, Fedora is not using > the SGML toolchain. You refer to them so regularly Karsten, I'd presumed you were using them? > My explanation of how a company can get locked into using an aging > system because of the difficulty of change should be explanation > enough. It is a common enough occurrence. > > If you don't understand the example, perhaps it's because you haven't > experienced it yet? It's far easier for an individual to change systems > than for a company. I used DSSSL and SGML for about 12 months, then XML and its tools started to appear. I have seen what I called the 'blue' effect though. I find it repugnant, and rarely justifiable in terms of cost. > > > That means I'm writing 100% in XML, as soon as I take the few hours to > > > convert my existing work from SGML. :-) > > Take a look at James Clarks sx. It works. > > I will, thanks; that may help with existing SGML guides. A while back I moved most of the xfree-86 docs over to XML that way. Its not 100% automated, but it covers the grunt work, and leaves workable documents. > Still, we've > been trying to follow XML practices, and in many cases we can get away > with just changing the DOCTYPE. sx, with the doctype remaining that of the SGML dtd is mostly cleaner, especially for those making use of the SGML shorthands. Thereafter, a stylesheet can undo most of the remaining issues to produce a valid document. > PDF is wanted. In the fc2 documentation? I haven't seen any. Is the current fop in use? > > I'm not personally bound to the dead tree method of documenting, but > many of our readers are. Fedora readers? -- Regards DaveP. XSLT&Docbook FAQ http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl
