[Cuis-dev] Re : Re: XML in Erudite

[H. Fernandes]

This is nice, so the books are stored on files and different language versions can be read depending on the host locale 

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----- Mariano Montone via Cuis-dev <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> a écrit :
> And the Cuis book being rendered from its DocBook sources.
> 
> El 19/6/24 a las 17:23, Mariano Montone escribió:
> > Just loaded the "DocBook definitive Guide" directly from the sources 
> > in Erudite.
> >
> > Misses lots of elements rendering, but it is a good start.
> >
> > Ok, apologies for the spam :)
> >
> >
> >      Mariano
> >
> > El 19/6/24 a las 08:50, Mariano Montone escribió:
> >>
> >> El 16/6/24 a las 11:26, Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev escribió:
> >>> Supporting docbook is likely what may prove to be the most useful 
> >>> and simple for you. It is plain XML (Libreoffice can produce docbook 
> >>> 4, standard of 2006, docbook 5 is from 2016) and largely supported 
> >>> with conversion tool. It is the pivot neutral format to then convert 
> >>> to other format. Erudite may just need to support a very small 
> >>> subset of docbook, far enough for meaningful use.
> >>
> >> I've been thinking about DocBook support and trying some initial 
> >> experiments, and I think it has the potential to come along very fast.
> >>
> >> My approach is this: let the DocBook source be as rich as wanted, 
> >> Erudite takes the bits it understands and renders them. And keep the 
> >> DocBook source untouched, so it can be processed properly with 
> >> external tools.
> >>
> >> I think it is going to work.
> >>
> >>      Mariano
> >>