new text format for HTML files

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
Thu, 07 Sep 2000 15:54:07 -0700


"Christophe Guychard" writes:
> 
>  and I think it is possible to use XML to write Gnucash docs.
> I'm sure it will be more flexible than SGML file format.
> First because it's more simple (I think) to write XSL than
> DSSL files, so you can easily write your own "transformers"
> 
> You can have a look to XSL that have written by Norman Walsh
> ( http://nwalsh.com/docbook/xsl/index.html), which are easy to
> use and support internationalisation.
> 
> Plus, XML is mainly SGML-compatible, and you can use most of the tools
> you use to manage SGML documents with your XML.
> 
> > > > in this case we should use LinuxDoc till  somebody has a
> > > support for Docbook.
> 
>  Docbook2x (see freshmeat)is quite usable

What about the jade tools? Those are the most common tools
used for gnome programs and their docbook manuals.

dave