SGML packages in debian
>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
Dale> The reason for my mail is that I tried SGML a while back (maybe
Dale> 2 years?) and wasn't impressed. From what I have heard on this
Dale> thread, there are several packages that go together to provide
Dale> an integrated SGML system. Due to the fine degree of modularity
Dale> provided by the Debian package managment system, such package
Dale> collections can sometimes be difficult to decypher. (XFree is
Dale> causing some difficulty in that reguard) Even when the packages
Dale> are properly connected by dependencies, it is not always clear
Dale> which package to pick as the "starting point".
Hmmm... maybe we need to have a meta package.
Dale> To come to the point, can you give me a list of packages that
Dale> compose the "complete" SGML tool set, and some idea of where to
Dale> start reading in order to understand how to use these tools to
Dale> good effect.
This is just the ones I use:
sgml-base -- core debian SGML infrastructure
sgml-data -- basic, std, SGML entities
jade -- required; this package interprets and formats SGML with the
stylesheets contained in this package
sp -- jade infrastructure; nsgmls is good for validating SGML
jadetex -- jade backend for SGML -> DVI, PS, PDF
tetex-* -- may be needed for printed output / TeX
docbook -- required DTDs; you need version 3.0 or better of the DTDs
docbook-doc -- how to use the DTDs
docbook-stylesheets -- formatting docbook document instance
psgml -- Emacs/SGML editing; comes with XEmacs
debiandoc-sgml-- Debian-specific DTDs and formatting
For programmers working with XML, DSSSL, etc:
sgmlspm -- perl modules for processing ESIS stream (from nsgmls)
perlsgml -- (don't really use it)
expat,libxmltok1
-- James Clark's non-validating XML parser libraries
dsc -- DSSSL syntax checker, in case you're customizing DSSSL
python-xml -- Python XML tools
libxml -- W3O XML lib
Still to be packged:
XML::Parser (perl expat frontend), other perl XML stuff
OpenXML (should be free)
XML4j (not sure if utterly free, but close)
Cacoon (see the Apache/Java project)
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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