From: Lyle Johnson <lyle.johnson@...>
Date: 2005-11-13T06:07:19+09:00
Subject: Re: DocBook to PDF

On 11/12/05, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:

> It would be WONDERFUL if someone would create a ReadMe that gives
> explicit instructions for setting up a minimalist DocBook tool
> chain.

Well, point them to the instructions in this thread and they're most
of the way there. ;)

Seriously, though, I remember that when I was getting started with
DocBook someone had written up a document like that, one which covered
things from the DocBook/SGML perspective. He included stuff about an
SGML mode for Emacs, and a lot of the complications that come along
for the ride when you're dealing with SGML processing. In contrast,
I've found that things are remarkably straightforward when dealing
with DocBook/XML. Devin summed it up really well in one of his
previous posts in this thread, there are really just two "tools" that
you'll need to get your hands on (an XSLT processor, and FOP).