Re: [docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for docbook using the XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor

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Olivier Ishacian <>
Date
2012-01-17T10:50:15+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for docbook using the XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor
Le 17/01/2012 09:43, 
    a écrit :
    Hello, 

      

      currently my company is thinking about transferring
        its user documentation into XML and docbook. 

      Since we are an IT company, XML and programming in
        general is not a problem. But: We cannot find and adjust the
        stylesheet needed to create our custom documentation. 

      We are currently setting up a prototype for our
        documentation, following the instructions from Walsh´s "DocBook
        5: The definitive Guide" and working with the XML Mind Editor
        and a trial version of "OXYGEN Editor". 

      

      Basically, we are satisfied with the results and
        trust in docbooks function (since having lots of trouble with
        Word), but the lacking transparency makes
        it really hard to come up with a sample documentation/ prototype
        .Each file we open has at least one reference to a website we
        cannot open and dozens of files that don´t exist or are really
        hard to find. We checked the regular docbook.zip from the
        docbook homepage, but also all  files of the respective editors.
        (Is there something as a "default" Docbook editor that you would
        propose?) 

      

      Can anyone give me some advice, a link or even a
        how-to for adjusting the docbook stylesheet? Personally, I would
        love to use docbook for our user documentation, simply for the
        additional features it has compared to other text processing
        program, but only if I can adjust the appearance. Especially
        regarding corporate identity this is absolutely necessary.
      

    
    

    

    I am surprised to read the above message. I really thought that we
    had enough documentation to achieve what you want. See for example,
    

    

    XMLmind XML Editor - Configuration and Deployment 

    Chapter 5. Customizing an existing configuration 

    http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/customizing.html
    

    

    ("DocBook v5+" is one of the ``configuration'' supported by XMLmind
    XML Editor.) 

    

    Moreover: 

    

    * You are welcome to send support requests to: 

    maito:
    

    

    More information: 

    http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/support.html
    

    

    * We even have an easy-to-purchase customization service which could
    give you a quick start. (However because you are an IT company, you
    probably don't need it.) See 

    http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/customization_service.html