These applications are not required, but can make working on the documentation easier or add capabilities.
print/jadetex
,
print/teTeX
and
textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular
)Jade, teTeX and Modular DocBook Stylesheets are used to convert DocBook documents to DVI, Postscript, and PDF formats. The JadeTeX macros are needed to do this.
If XHTML and plain text output
formats are adequate, then this program is not needed
and the option to install it from the
textproc/docproj
configuration screen can be disabled.
editors/vim
)A popular editor for working with XML and derived documents, like DocBook XML.
editors/emacs
or
editors/xemacs
)Both of these editors include a special mode for editing documents marked up according to an XML DTD. This mode includes commands to reduce the amount of typing needed, and help reduce the possibility of errors.
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documentation may be
sent to <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>.
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