Gary Grobe wrote:
> I'm trying to get the doc process down to create some really nice docs.
> Using vi w/ docbook is making my fingers tired, but it certainly gives
> me lots of flexibility.
I use Emacs on OSX. Slightly more GUI, but not much.
> So I went out and bought adobe acrobat thinking
> it was a sort of create/edit tool for creating manuals, but turns out I
> think it's only good for making documents into pdf files Probably a
> waste of $250.
I don't see how it would help when your source is DocBook.
> So I converted all my docbook web pages into pdf's and they turned out
> ok, but was wondering how you guys are going about this (creating some
> nice user manuals) and if I understand the process correctly. Do you
> create the content using whatever you wish and then import/convert them
> into pdf's?
I use the DocBook XSL stylesheets to create FO, and then
turn those into PDF using Fop. Fop runs just fine under OSX,
since Java is installed by default.
> Anyone know of any good gui tools where I can just concentrate on the
> content (and maybe some that run on OSX, and don't cost too much)?
I've written an application that allows you to run your
documents through the XSLT processor in a point-and-click
fashion. Would you like to beta test it? If so contact
me directly via my email address below.
Cheers,
Steve Ball
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