docbook2X

Version 0.8.2

Abstract

Convert DocBook into man pages and Texinfo


Table of Contents

Quick start
Converting to man pages
Converting to Texinfo
The XSLT processor
Charset considerations
FAQ
Todo
Release history
docbook2X 0.8.2
docbook2X 0.8.1
docbook2X 0.8.0
docbook2X 0.7.0
docbook2X 0.6.9
docbook2X 0.6.1
docbook2X 0.6.0
docbook2X 0.5.9
Design notes
A. docbook2X download and installation
Where to get docbook2X
Dependencies on other software
Installation
Installation problems

docbook2X converts DocBook documents into man pages and Texinfo documents.

It aims to support DocBook version 4.1, excepting the features that cannot be supported or are not useful in a man page or Texinfo document.

Quick start

Abstract

Examples to get you started

To convert to man pages, you run the command docbook2man. For example,

$ docbook2man --solinks manpages.xml

The man pages will be output to your current directory.

The --solinks options tells docbook2man to create man page links. You may want to omit this option when developing documentation so that your working directory does not explode with many stub man pages. (If you don't know what this means, you can read about it in detail in db2x_manxml, or just ignore the previous two sentences and always specify this option.)

To convert to Texinfo, you run the command docbook2texi. For example,

$ docbook2texi tdg.xml

One (or more) Texinfo files will be output to your current directory.

The rest of this manual describes in detail all the other options and how to customize docbook2X's output.