<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hello, > > Starting from an experience to write DocBook-conformant documentation > with Lyx 1.3.4 I was looking > around what other people feel about this combination. > It seems like some DocBook support is available but things are not as > perfect as they are with Lyx/ Latex/Tex.
Now you got me started :-) > I found one comment in http://www.fortuitous.com/is/docdreams/lyx.html > saying that the developer > team looks for support in this area. I wonder who wrote that, and when ... > Since I am grateful to the Lyx-team for its wonderful work and since I can > imagine doing some 3h/ week coding, > I would like to know if there is a feature plan for this area with estimates > of the work which has to be done to > have a perfect DocBook-support. So what is your definition of "perfect" ? The (my) goal for LyX 1.4 is to produce correct Docbook files which can be processed with the standard tools (sgmltools, saxon + db2latex). Some improvements which are already implemented in current CVS: - export image size parameters, support for inline graphics - export citation elements - improve math formulas - export PNG/EPS/PDF/BMP bitmaps for math formulas (pending) - support for labels - support for charstyles (inline elements) So it should be usable. It would help if you checked out the current CVS version and tested it. Since there is a feature freaze for 1.4 only bug fixes can go in at the moment. My roadmap for 1.4 is therefore quite short: - fix some bugs until a DocBook version of the UserGuide produces perfect output with sgmltools - rework the docbook.layout files to support more DocBook features (admonitions, some inline elements, ...) - enable editing of DocBook even if no sgmltools are found - export imagelibrary for use with nwalsh docbook stylesheets (might have to wait for 1.4.1) - get in contact with db2latex team to fix some problems The big changes will have to wait for LyX 1.5: - XML based file format - validity checking - only offer paragraph layouts which are valid at the current position. I have some ideas about this and maybe it will be possible to implement it in 1.4.1 - support for callouts (not planned yet) - ??? It would help to know how people want to use LyX+DocBook: * what tool chain do you use? * do you use a special version of DocBook / simplified DocBook? * what docbook elements are most needed (and not supported yet)? * other features which are not supported yet? Regards /Andreas
