debiandoc2dbxml1

Usage

Overview

debiandoc2dbxml will take a debiandoc-sgml file and convert it into a docbook xml file. The root element can be "book" or "article". The version of docbookx.dtd is 4.0.

Before using debiandoc2dbxml, you should run debiandoc-tidy in order to "normalize" your sgml file.

Options

-h

Print a help message.

-v

Print the version number.

-a

Choose the root element "article".

-b

Choose the root element "book".

-s

Indicate that there is a subset of the dtd in the prolog of the sgml file.

-S

Choose to split the result in many files. The script creates "main.xml" and xml files from each bookinfo, chapter and appendix. This option should be used with the -l option.

-l

A string that indicates where you want to put the xml files when the -S option has been chosen. The "main.xml" goes to path/to/ and the xml files go to path/to/string/.

-k

The script creates two files "sgml.error" and "xml.error" which you can read when this option has been set.