Rich Morin wrote:
> Let me get this straight. I should ignore a document that tells
> me that I can process a docbook file into (say) HTML with a single
> command. Instead, I should fish my way through 20+ pages of dense
> installation and configuration information in Bob's book, trying to
> figure out which instructions might be applicable to the programs
> that I (supposedly) just installed.
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken
Conversion of Docbook sources to useful output forms is a complex problem.
That having been said, the best short tutorial I found when getting
started with DocBook is Mills' "Installing And Using An XML/SGML DocBook
Editing Suite". You can find it here: http://tinyurl.com/8alb2 The
main problem with it is that it leans overmuch towards the SGML side,
IMHO, which I consider outmoded. DocBook XML has a much brighter future.
Anyway, when you're done with Mills' article, do read Stayton's book.
It will open your eyes to the full range of DocBook's capabilities.
