>>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joost> Informative to the stooped newbie sgml user, eh? I share
Joost> the pain.
';-)
>> isn't > how you specify '>'? and isn't < how you specify
>> '<' in XML? I can never seem to find these documented when I
>> need them. Is '&' specified &???
>>
>> Jade also gets confused and prints <arg
>> choice="req">stuff</arg> exactly the same way as <arg
>> choice="opt">stuff</arg>.
>>
>> However, this produces the best results so far.
>>
>>
>>
>> I tried with xalan, too, but it couldn't even find the DTD.
>> (note: I have deliberately refrained from specifying the XSL
>> file).
Joost> This might be because you aren't including the preamble
Joost> before the xml input file. This gives it a proper sgml
Joost> declaration, I think.
Later: I changed the command to jade (as the previous command was
flushed out of my history, and I can't remember what is was now...),
and everything works, using version 4.1.2 of docbook. Wow!
jade -o html -t sgml \
-d /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/dsssl/modular/html/docbook.dsl \
/usr/share/sgml/declaration/xml.dcl guard.xml
Only thing is, I would assume this would write its output into the
html directory. It uses the current directory instead,
This was with this DOCTYPE:
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"docbook/dtd/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
I only encountered several errors which really were my fault (used
<replace></replace> instead of <replaceable>...</replaceable>).
Joost> I am not an expert in these matters, but from my vantage
Joost> point, the whole sgml/xml suite appears to be in a rut,
Joost> unfortunately. It badly needs some form of revival
Joost> operation. Any volunteers? Even documenting what package
Joost> combinations are needed for specific aims would be an
Joost> improvement.
Yes. I think the examples are badly
lacking. /usr/share/doc/docbook-xml/, contains examples, but no code
to process them (only validate).
Other examples I have looked at, and suddenly realized they were SGML,
not XML...
--
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
