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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook
Sorry for the noise. Here is a link to the UserGuide info on the DocBook Template/Filter: http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/UserGuide.html Bob Stayton wrote: > Mark Evans asked me to forward this message > about an open source DocBook editor. > > ----- Forwarded message from "M. Evans" ----- > > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:21:47 -0700 > From: "M. Evans" > Subject: OpenOffice WYSIWYG DocBook > > You might be interested to know that OpenOffice Writer can serve as a > WYSIWYG DocBook editor. The support at this stage is somewhat > preliminary, but worth exploring (see below). OpenOffice.org can > always use more help if you care to participate in the project. > > Native OpenOffice files are themselves XML, but the suite also > integrates support for DocBook XML. There is a mailing list, > http://xml.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=dev > > Native DocBook and PDF import/export will feature in the next major > release of OpenOffice (a few months away). > > DocBook is already possible in the current release 1.0.1, albeit not > 'out of the box.' You must install add-on components. > > OpenOffice is fully cross-platform and even runs on Mac. > http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html > > To a large extent OpenOffice can import legacy Word files. (Worst > case: RTF can bridge from Word to OpenOffice.) > > Since OpenOffice itself uses XML file formats, the conversion to and > from DocBook involves XSL transformations. These we can inspect and > change if need be. > > OpenOffice is free and open-source. > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- >
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