[Fwd: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook]
- From: John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>
- To: gnome-doc-list <gnome-doc-list gnome org>
- Subject: [Fwd: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook]
- Date: 20 Jan 2003 20:16:48 -0700
FYI. Is anyone playing with this?
John
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- From: Bob Stayton <bobs caldera com>
- To: docbook-apps lists oasis-open org
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: OpenOffice and DocBook
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:45:29 -0800
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.
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