From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 28 9:16:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E4714F41; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 09:16:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.196.75]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA43CD; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 18:14:23 +0200 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA46240; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 18:08:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 18:08:18 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Dan Langille Cc: Nik Clayton , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supporting non-DocBook documents in the tree Message-ID: <19990828180818.A46221@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <19990827132242.A26830@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <19990828104217.PUYK3442178.mta1-rme@wocker> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.7i In-Reply-To: <19990828104217.PUYK3442178.mta1-rme@wocker> Organisation: Ninth-Circle Enterprises Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * 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 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