On Friday 17 February 2006 07:55, John Pye wrote: > Hi there, > > Can anyone tell me if there is an up-to-date HOWTO somewhere for using > Lyx for DocBook output of software user's manuals?
No, that has been in my TODO list for a long time. :-( > In particular, I want to be able to generate 'chm' files for Windows, > and DocBook XML for GNOME ('yelp' help browser). Is this something that > other people on the list are doing? You need to find a tool that converts docbook to chm, and then use the traditional way of configuring lyx. 1) Add format, with its viewer 2) Define how to convert from docbook to chm > I found this but it's 5 years old, and hopefully things have become > easier... > http://bgu.chez-alice.fr/doc/db4lyx/ > > If such a HOWTO /doesn't/ exist, maybe there'd be someone willing to > collaborate on putting it together? I can explain why lots of things are the way they are, and if possible/necessary fix those bugs. > Cheers > JP -- José Abílio