[Techtalk] DocBook SGML to PDF conversion

[Dushyanth Harinath]

Hi , 

 * <daniel.richter at wimba.com> wrote from a remote bunker :
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> I also can't convert DocBook to PS or DVI.
> 
> So if anyone has a solution, I would be glad to hear it.
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Here's what i did (url's may wrap), the instructions are crude :)

1) Get 

http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/*checkout*/LDP/builder/ldp_print/ldp_print?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain
http://cvsview.tldp.org/index.cgi/*checkout*/LDP/builder/ldp_print/fix_print_html.lib?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain

2) download and install htmldoc (http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/)

3) Edit ldp.dsl and change it according to the below link
http://tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/usingldpdsssl.html

4) First generate a single html file from the sgml document.

# jade -c /etc/sgml/catalog -t sgml -i html -V nochunks -d \
  /home/dushy/doc/final/ldp.dsl\#html \
  doc.sgml > doc.html

  Change /etc/sgml/catalog to the location of SGML catalog and also
  change the path to ldp.dsl according to your setup.

5) Use ldp_print to generate the PDF file.

# ldp_print doc.html

This will create doc.pdf in the current directory.

HTH
cheers
dushyanth
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