From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Making DocBook xml books from org mode? Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:05:43 -0400 Message-ID: <87wphts4go.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1475172280.399769.741096521.05684B25@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87intdhgny.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bq1H5-0001il-2s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:07:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bq1Gz-0000rC-Ea for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:07:01 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=36311 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bq1Gp-0000aw-SA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:06:57 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bq1Fz-0006bF-LF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:05:55 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Marcin Borkowski writes: > On 2016-09-29, at 20:04, Peter Davis 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!). > Why do you think so? I've used XML lightly over the years and I have found it to be a bear. LaTeX has its own problems but I grew up with it, so I guess I'm less conscious of its flaws (but I rarely write LaTeX any more: org has subsumed it). Should I change my mind? >> 3. The direct route from org to DocBook xml seems to be missing. From > My memory might be playing tricks on me, but wasn't there a docbook exporter at some point? Maybe it did not survive the 8.x transition? Or am I misremembering? -- Nick