[OS X TeX] OT: DocBook vs. LaTeX

[Kevin Walzer]

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Does anyone on the list have experience with DocBook as a method for
writing documentation? I've looked into a it a little bit because it
seems to be very popular among software developers, especially
open-source, while LaTeX seems to get a bad rap. What I've found,
though, is frighteningly complex (it's XML-based and has hundreds of
tags), is lacking in good tools, at least on the Mac, and ends up with
the same kind of output as LaTeX--printed and HTML information,
generally. I have found pdflatex and htlatex to be perfect tools to
produce what I need, so I am really lost as to what advantages DocBook
might have. Any perspective is appreciated.

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Kevin Walzer, PhD
WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X
http://www.wordtech-software.com
http://www.smallbizmac.com
http://www.kevin-walzer.com
mailto:sw at wordtech-software.com
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