Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 18:08:18 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supporting non-DocBook documents in the tree Message-ID: <19990828180818.A46221@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <19990828104217.PUYK3442178.mta1-rme@wocker> References: <19990827132242.A26830@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19990828104217.PUYK3442178.mta1-rme@wocker>
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* Dan Langille (junkmale@xtra.co.nz) [990828 14:44]: >What is the main reason for using DocBook as opposed to some other format? DocBook, as opposed to HTML and such, is a markup language in the form that describes a document and how it's built up rather than formatting marking up. DocBook is a very good `language' to write books in since it has a well supported and responsive community. Anyone with the appropriate stylesheets and programs [sgml stuff] can easily use docbook to export their docbook SGML stuff to PDF, PS, etc. I think I missed a few things here which Nik can answer/supply, but those were the main reasons for me to use docbook after reading some on it in the DocProj. cheers Dan =) -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best There are only 2 families in the world, the Haves, and the Have Nots. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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