how to build dvi/ps/pdf of documentation?

Tim Olsen tolsen718 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 00:15:39 EDT 2005


I get an error:

tim at computadora:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C$ docbook2pdf
gnucash-guide.sgml
Using catalogs: /etc/sgml/catalog
Using stylesheet: /usr/share/docbook-utils/docbook-utils.dsl#print
Working on: /usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/gnucash-guide.sgml
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_oview.xml:17:13:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_oview.xml:24:13:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_oview.xml:27:13:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_oview.xml:70:13:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
.
.
.
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_loans.xml:96:17:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_loans.xml:100:43:E:
character data is not allowed here
jade:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C/ch_loans.xml:139:17:E:
character "_" is not allowed in the value of attribute "ID"
jade:I: maximum number of errors (200) reached; change with -E option
tim at computadora:/usr/local/src/gnucash-docs/guide/C$

Is something wrong with my setup?

thanks,
Tim

On 7/17/05, Neil Williams <linux at codehelp.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sunday 17 July 2005 5:31 am, Tim Olsen wrote:
> > Hi.  I'm looking to build a dvi or postscript or pdf of the concepts
> > guide and help manual.
> 
> Use the docbook files in CVS.
> 
> http://cvs.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gnucash-docs/guide/C/
> gnucash-guide.sgml
> 
> (simile help/C/gnucash-help.sgml)
> 
> If that's not in your gnucash-docs source package, get a later version from
> CVS. (There are other changes as well as this).
> 
> http://www.gnucash.org/en/hacking.phtml
> > I would like to build my own because the ones
> > provided on the web site are for A4 paper, and I would like them on
> > letter paper.
> 
> That's probably a locale thing (UK) - I didn't give that option explicitly
> when the PDF was generated.
> 
> > Anyone know how to compile a dvi/ps/pdf of the docs?
> 
> docbook2pdf gnucash-guide.sgml
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/text/docbook-utils
> 
> I don't know if it's available for other distributions but the current CVS
> help and guide content does have valid DocBook content, specifically to
> generate PDF.
> 
> Other docbook tools can convert to single or chunked HTML, DVI, PS or other
> formats.
> 
> --
> 
> Neil Williams
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> 
> 
> 
>



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