i'ed be willing to assist; - could generate xslt / xml version using docbook xml( which version docbook ? ), then we could use ant ( instead of awk reliance...thoughts ? ) to build the html distribution
- could generate generate native xsl:fo code for pdf generation contact me directly if you would like. also there was no attatchment to your email. cheers, jim fuller > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Marlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 June 2003 08:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ant Documentation > > > Hello, > > The msg below was originally intended for Steve L, another > Ant developer, but I have had trouble contacting him so > I am now sending this to a wider audience. > > I am trying to improve the Ant documentation. > I would like to have a single multi-platform open format > document. I understand that the project preference is to > use DocBook. I am using an approach which, with the help > of some scripts I am working on, will finally result > in a DocBook Ant manual. As a stepping stone to this end > I am doing the document in LaTeX. I have an awk script > to do the LaTeX2DocBook conversion. This needs to be > rewritten in Perl so that it is portable. > > Attached is the result of running latex2html on the source. > Please let me have some feedback on this ASAP. > This is quite alot of work and I am only roughly half-way through. > I need to know if people will be happy with this. > > Thanks, > > Andrew Marlow. > > >Hello Steve, > > > >Attached is a gzip'd tarball of some HTML that was generated > >from the LaTeX ANT manual I am working on. I hope you like > >the look of it. > > > >There is much still to do. I am working on it. > >I have gone through about 40% of the LaTeX source > >doing various reformatting. Here's the work I have planned: > > > >1. Complete the remaining 60%. > >2. Do cross references in LaTeX. > >3. Generate fresh HTML and a new PDF. > >4. Generate XML from the LaTeX. > > > >I'll keep you posted. > > Regards, > > Andrew > ---- > There is an emerald here the size of a plover's egg! > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender immediately. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or any other use of this communication is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. Stuart Lawrence Marketing Communications Limited reserves the right to monitor and intercept communications for unlawful business purposes. This also confirms that this message has been swept for viruses, although Stuart Lawrence Marketing Communications Limited accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or contents. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
