From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making DocBook xml books from org mode?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:55:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1475247342.654253.741989937.085C87D9@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87intdhgny.fsf@mbork.pl>
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016, at 05:37 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>
> On 2016-09-29, at 20:04, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
>
> > I've started a new position in which I have to create and maintain a
> > large set of documents in DocBook xml format. For new books, I'd really
> > like to use org mode, since a) I'm already familiar with it, b) I love
> > it, and c) I believe it does (or can be made to do) nearly everything I
> > need.
>
> Nice. Of many things XML is ill-suited to, marking text up is a nice
> exception: it seems really good at it (definitely way better than LaTeX,
> of which I'm a great fan!).
>
I'm also a big LaTeX fan, but I don't use it often enough to remember
everything I need. I rely on copying stretches from documents I created
earlier, or constantly having to Google for solutions.
One thing I like about org-mode for creating documents (as opposed to
all its other uses), is the fact that I can easily remember the simple
mark-up, see reminders on screen while editing, and easily generate HTML
and PDF.
> > 3. The direct route from org to DocBook xml seems to be missing. From
>
> Why not start with the HTML exporter and write your own one? It's quite
> fun, and can be done in reasonable time.
>
For some definition of "reasonable." Seriously, I might want to do this
as an exercise sometime, but I can't wait for that right now.
>
> > 4. [LONGSHOT] Is there any way to /import/ docbook xml into org mode?
>
> XSLT?
>
Yes, that's a good option I hadn't considered.
>
> Hth,
>
Definitely. Thanks!
-pd
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-30 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-29 18:04 Making DocBook xml books from org mode? Peter Davis
2016-09-29 19:23 ` Joost Kremers
2016-09-29 22:17 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 15:44 ` Peter Davis
2016-10-02 21:23 ` Peter Davis
2016-10-02 21:35 ` Joost Kremers
2016-10-02 21:46 ` Peter Davis
2016-10-02 22:12 ` Joost Kremers
2016-10-03 0:32 ` Peter Davis
2016-10-03 2:09 ` Norman Walsh
2016-10-03 12:46 ` Peter Davis
2016-10-03 3:38 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-10-03 12:49 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 9:16 ` [DOCS] " Christian Moe
2016-09-30 14:51 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 15:33 ` Thomas S. Dye
2016-09-30 15:46 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 19:37 ` Nick Dokos
2016-09-30 19:46 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 20:18 ` Colin Baxter
2016-09-30 20:50 ` Nick Dokos
2016-10-01 8:01 ` Colin Baxter
2016-10-05 13:32 ` Peter Davis
2016-09-30 9:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-09-30 14:55 ` Peter Davis [this message]
2016-09-30 17:05 ` Nick Dokos
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