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0008966mantisbtdocumentationpublic2008-03-14 00:282012-10-08 05:31
Reportervboctor Assigned Todregad  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Versiongit trunk 
Summary0008966: Provide a way for Windows users to compile Docbook manual
Description

At the moment we are using a tool set that is only available for Linux users, or not easily available for Windows users. The aim of this issue is to come up with some infrastructure where it is easy for both Windows and Linux users to compile our docbook manuals. This may involve using XML vs. SGML as well as using a technology other than make files.

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related to 0008346 closedgiallu Use DocBook for Mantis manual 
related to 0007200 closedMartinFuchs [de] FYI: German documentation 

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jreese

jreese

2008-03-14 07:22

reporter   ~0017346

GNU Make is readily available for the Windows platform without needing Cygwin or MinGW. I use it with some of my Windows projects. The real question is what tools we can use...
giallu

giallu

2010-09-03 04:02

reporter   ~0026559

Last edited: 2012-09-27 12:08

The manuals were ported to XML docbook with publican so, according to:

http://tinyurl.com/d8kt8h6

it should be possible to build under Windows. It would be useful if anyone could try the procedure so we can close this one

EDIT: dregad use tinyurl on original link so that giallu's post displays properly (workaround for 0014447)
cas

cas

2010-09-06 02:41

reporter   ~0026581

Why not simply make it available in a default format like PDF???
atrol

atrol

2010-09-06 04:26

developer   ~0026582

cas, DocBook can be published in a variety of formats (also PDF)
PDF can not be used as input format for documenations, it's the generated output.
jreese

jreese

2010-09-07 15:46

reporter   ~0026609

For clarification, the manuals are written using Docbook/Publican, and are built for releases as part of the standard build scripts and included in multiple formats, including PDF, HTML, and plaintext.
dregad

dregad

2012-09-27 12:09

developer   ~0032968

Considering comments 0008966:0026559 and 0008966:0026609, I think this can be resolved.