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Re: Using Framemaker 7 to generate Docbook source
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>
- To: Alistair Christie <alistair dot christie at memex dot com>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:05:50 -0800
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Using Framemaker 7 to generate Docbook source
- References: <KLEFLEKBKAEBPMAHGGLBOENOCEAA.alistair.christie@memex.com>
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 03:52:44PM +0000, Alistair Christie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Docbook. Until recently I've been using Framemaker 5.5 to write
> software documentation. We've recently purchased Framemaker 7, partly on the
> basis that it supported XML, and I'd like to use it to start producing
> Docbook source - so that I can output different formats from a single
> source, and so that non-Framemaker people (e.g. developers) can access the
> source.
>
> I've read up on Docbook, but I can't find any Docbook documentation that
> refers to Framemaker. Likewise, Framemaker 7 comes with nothing to help me
> get started creating Docbook files. It almost seems like it would be easier
> to write Docbook in a text editor - but I don't want to give up on
> Framemaker (not yet anyhow).
>
> Can anyone out there help? Does anyone have any experience of using
> Framemaker 7 for generating XML Docbook? Are there any books/websites on
> Framemaker for Docbook? Adobe has marketed Framemaker 7 on the back of XML,
> but hasn't put much effort into flattening the learning curve (which seems
> precipitously steep right now).
I looked at FrameMaker 7 when it first came out to
see how well it would work with DocBook. You can read
my comments at:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200206/msg00155.html
Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street
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