Re: Document processing? (TeX/SGML?)
On 1999-04-12 15:17, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> I'm looking for the best tool to create a professional-looking document
> once, and then render it in the following formats:
>
> HTML
> Postscript
> PDF
> ASCII
DocBook (SGML) + DocBook Stylesheets + Jade and Latex are the only
options that I can think of. ASCII is problemantic in both cases
(IMHO). SGML gives you RTF as well which will cause cheers at the
windows camp of th world.
> What tools can tackle this kind of chore and what are their relative
> merits? Should I be looking at TeX or SGML tools? Or should I just stick
> with plain HTML?
I haven't played too much with tex->html, but I think it's quite
decent. Still, you'll get much better output and flexibility if you
use SGML+stylesheets (or XML+XSL for that matter) or LaTex.
ii docbook 3.1-0.2 SGML DTD for software documentation
ii docbook-doc 30d10-4 Documentation for the DocBook DTD.
ii docbook-stylesh 1.38b-1 Modular DocBook stylesheets, for print and H
ii jade 1.2.1-5 James Clark's DSSSL Engine
ii jadetex 2.2-1 LaTeX macros for SGML to DVI/PS/PDF conversi
ii psgml 1.1.6-4 An Emacs major mode for editing SGML documen
ii tetex-base 0.9.990406-1 basic teTeX library files
ii tetex-bin 0.9.990406-1 teTeX binary files
ii tetex-doc 0.9.990406-1 teTeX documentation
ii tetex-extra 0.9.990406-1 extra teTeX library files
ii tetex-lib 0.9.990406-1 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii tetex-nonfree 0.9.990406-1 non-free teTeX library files
Probably missed something but this should get you started.
/Allan
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