I did find this package on the list the other day:
http://forgedp.fusesource.org/documentation/faq.html
Haven't tried it yet, but hoping it is also an easier solution. Most of
the time I use oXygen on Windows, though.
Best regards,
--Scott
wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 8/3/2009 6:50:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> On 08/03/2009 02:11 PM, DeanNelson wrote:
> > Dave
> > I have stayed away from cygwin because I wanted to make sure that the
> > users had something simple. I keep a simple doctools tree that
> has all
> > of the tools that I need (FOP, Saxon, XSLTPROC, etc) and the
> users load
> > it from Subversion.
> > I support both Windows and Linux, since most of the content
> generators
> > are Windows based and I use both. I created identically named
> scripts to
> > run the Docbook generation on both Win32 and Linux, which keeps the
> > documentation simpler.
>
> Neat. xxx.bat and xxx.sh?
>
> Yes. For example:
>
> makepdf [docbook file] [stylesheet]
>
> This only becomes a problem with users that have not used the DOS screen
> in Windows. Unix folks use it just fine. Even the Windows folks have no
> problems after they get to the DOS window.
>
>
>
> > Since most of the tools are Java based,
>
> I'm sure that would satisfy 80% of users.
>
> The only tools that are NOT Java based are the XSLTPROC & XMLLINT but
> have executables in both Windows and Linux.
>
>
>
>
> > the command calls are similar. I
> > include XSLTPROC & XMLLINT for win32 in my distribution because
> they are
> > available on most Linux distros but not Windows.
> > Your experience software developer is correct - it is a bit
> confusing at
> > first, but sloshing through Bob's book can clear up almost all issues
> > and put him on the right path.
>
> It was the 7 hours he'd taken to google his way round that
> he objected to! I'm not even sure he'd found Bobs write-up.
>
>
> > I sometimes forget how much I struggled back when I developed the
> > system, and I am a software developer ;-)
>
>
> Any statement on availability Dean?
>
> Yes, they could be made available.
>
>
> Is it something you maintain for your users?
>
> Yes.
>
>
>
>
>
> regards
>
> --
> Dave Pawson
> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
>
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