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Re: [docbook-apps] Tools for DocBook authoring by non-hackers
Hello,
I downloaded the trial version of Syntext's Serna. I'll just answer a
few of my questions for the benefit of the list.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:56:36PM +1030, Paul A. Hoadley wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:50:20PM +0400, David Tolpin wrote:
>
> > > What products should I be looking at?
> >
> > I think you should look at Serna, http://www.syntext.com/ . This
> > is not my opinion that Serna is either bad or good. Serna is just
> > targeted toward the needs you have described.
>
> That looks remarkably good. It certainly seems very
> DocBook-oriented. Have you used it, David? I've just scanned
> through the FAQ, and it refers to a 'modified' set of DocBook XSL
> stylesheets---are these just for the on-screen rendering?
These 'modified' stylesheets are just for the on-screen rendering.
Serna does not implement the entire FO spec, so I presume these
stylesheets are modified to remove elements they don't support.
> I presume that the publishing hooks described would allow me to rig
> up xsltproc and XEP as the tools for actual HTML and PDF output?
This is possible. I have tested it using XEP and Saxon (as
distributed with XEP), and the standard DocBook XSL stylesheets. It
works exactly as expected.
This could well be the tool I need. I will report back when I have
customised it some more if anyone is interested.
--
Paul.
mailto:paulh@logicsquad.net
mailto:phoadley@maths.adelaide.edu.au
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