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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: basic doc writting help required.........
From:       Pam R <pam.roberts () btinternet ! com>
Date:       2000-05-29 6:36:40
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On Sun, 28 May 2000, Ross wrote:
>hi,
>i'm new to doc writting and am about to start my first app. i have recieved a
>file with a basic structure. the file header is as follows:
>
><!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook V3.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" [
>
>this file was sent as an email attachment and when first opened (direct from
>within kmail(kde1,1,2)) it showed graphics and text as if it were a help page.
>trouble is, once i closed this window and tried reopening it later, it opens
>only in kedit. i can't find any way of getting it to open as it did previously.
>
>so...... questions......
>1) which app do i need to view this file correctly.
>2) is there a wysiwyg editor for this file type (or is this frowned upon:-)
>3) what formatting language is being used
>
>if i'm asking for help in the wrong place, then sorry...... can you point me in
>the right direction.

Ross
Take a look at doc/ksgmltools/HTML/index.html from a recent kdelibs
source package. This tells you how to write documentation using the
docbook format and how to translate the result into HTML. 

You should also visit
 http://www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/~fouvry/kde/sgml-errors.html

HTH
Pam

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