From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Davis Subject: Re: Making DocBook xml books from org mode? Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:55:42 -0400 Message-ID: <1475247342.654253.741989937.085C87D9@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1475172280.399769.741096521.05684B25@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87intdhgny.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50451) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpzE7-0004Yw-8K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:55:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpzE3-0001hH-V4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:55:51 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:44771) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpzE2-0001df-Ed for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:55:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87intdhgny.fsf@mbork.pl> 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 On Fri, Sep 30, 2016, at 05:37 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > 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!). > 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