Re: DocStructure
- From: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis mindspring net>
- To: "Kenneth R. Kinder" <Ken KenAndTed com>
- cc: "kifers apci net" <kifers apci net>, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: DocStructure
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:24:23 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Kenneth R. Kinder wrote:
> > Much of what you are talking about doing for DocBook sounds like what
> > LyX has done for LaTeX. You would probably want to take a look at
> > their code and see what of it you convert for use on DocBook (or any
> > other SGML document). I haven't followed it closely, but they may
> > even be planning on extending the LyX application to be able to handle
> > SGML docs. If so, you could contribute to that project and then we
> > could plug any DTD into the processor.
>
> Oh, I don't know about that! I really dislike Lyx. Firstly, it uses
> xforms, not gtk. Secondly, it seems very sluggish and klunky. Thirdly,
> mime isn't half-WYSIWYG like Lyx is.
FWIW, I use klyx to maintain the GNOME FAQ. It makes doing LinuxDoc SGL
docs an absolute breeze. I really wish that someone would do a DocBook
module for lyx; I can barely find time to maintain the FAQ itself, much
less the software it's written in...
--
Todd Graham Lewis Manager of Web Engineering (800) 719-4664, x2804
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