Docbook eDE for Unix Download


Here you can get a Unix Port of the eDE Docbook Environment:

docbook.tar.bz2

It can be used on any Unix system like Linux, SUN Solaris and even in Cygwin on Windows.

 

Installation instructions:

  • Prerequisite is a currectly configured, running Java Runtime Environment / Development Kit.
  • Uncompress the archive into a directory of your choice, for example with this command: tar xjvf docbook.tar.bz2
  • Insert the scripts subdirectory to your PATH environment variable.
  • Run the docbook_setup script to setup the FOP configuration file $DOCBOOK_HOME/fop/conf/userconfig.xml. It should print some thing like:
    docbook is installed in: /home/martin/docbook/
    
    Java version:
    java version "1.6.0_03"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
    Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)
    
    setting up FOP configuration...
    finished
    		

    That's it. Now you can launch the scripts to convert your Docbook input files into properly formatted HTML, PDF, Text or HTML Help Project Files with the following commands:

  • docbook_article_html input.xml output   (for HTML output files)
  • docbook_article_pdf input.xml output   (for PDF output files)
  • docbook_article input.xml output   (for text output files)
  • docbook_article_htmlhelp input.xml output-dir   (for HTML Help project files)
  • docbook_article_chunk input.xml output-dir   (for XHTML HTML Help input files)

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  • docbook_book_html input.xml output   (for HTML output files)
  • docbook_book_pdf input.xml output   (for PDF output files)
  • docbook_book input.xml output   (for text output files)
  • docbook_book_htmlhelp input.xml output-dir   (for HTML Help project files)
  • docbook_book_chunk input.xml output-dir   (for XHTML HTML Help input files)
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