Subject: Re: DocBook -> Jade -> RTF: lists as RTF lists? From: "Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:39:02 +0100 (BST) |
David Miller writes: > The overall task is this: (a) convert DocBook to editable RTF; (b) allow > users to edit the RTF; (c) convert the edited RTF back into DocBook and > update the original sources. Tricky, to say the least... the > RTF->DocBook step is only really practical if the users use a > specialized pseudo-DocBook Word template. you might find it easier to catch a flight to the conference in Egypt and sort out the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. > In short, my most basic requirement is to let users edit their documents > using their standard authoring tool (Word), but still maintain the > documents in a format-neutral way (DocBook). a laudable, if almost certainly completely misguided, aim :-} why do you want the *back* translation, unless someone other people are editing the Docbook files as SGML/XML? why not just have a 100% Word -> Docbook translation (based on fascist use of Word styles), and translate each revision? Sebastian DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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