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Re: HOWTO-HOWTO recommendations
On Jun 7, 2:30pm, Gary Preckshot wrote:
> Subject: Re: HOWTO-HOWTO recommendations
> Stein Gjoen wrote:
>
> > >
> > > 1:get tools and start H-H Linux Specific
> > > 2:intro to SGML H-H? General purpose
> > > 3:intro to LinuxDoc example/T Linux specific
> > > 5:style guide soon in T LDP specific, possibly
general
> > > 4:get template and write Template General purpose
> > > 5:submission to LDP H-H LDP specific
> > > 6:link checking linkcheck General purpose/HTML
>
> I thought the LDP was going to DocBook 3.1.
There's a difference between "going to" and "supporting".
linuxdoc support will remain in place, primarily for legacy
content. It gives authors a chance to transition into the
DocBook world (if so desired) gracefully; as opposed to the
LDP saying it will *only* accept DocBook.
Both are needed; however, more emphasis should be placed on
using DocBook as it is a more full-featured DTD, with more
tools support, etc. We should strongly /suggest/ that any *new*
content be done in DocBook.
> If there's an "intro to LinuxDoc," there ought to be an "intro
> to DocBook" and there ought also to be an explanation of why two
> DTDs are being referenced. Also, jade and Norman Walsh's DSSSL
> seem to work with DocBook, not LinuxDoc. Is this true? And shouldn't
> it be noted?
Yes and yes. The older sgml-tools support linuxdoc. There is no
linuxdoc support with these newer tools (short of doing a conversion
to DocBook with ld2db or some method such as that).
We need to make that perfectly clear as to what toolset is
needed based on the DTD being used.
r,
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