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From DocBook to PDF using Apache FOP
Creating user manuals for the software you are building is an important task. Sometimes it is a project requirement but more often than that it is just more efficient having a document to which you can refer users to and stop waisting you precious time explaining the fundamentals of content management systems to novice users instead of actually doing what you are payed for.
Since I do not like to repeat myself I wanted a system that is capable of generating documentation in variety of formats, PDF being the most important one.
DocBook is the first thing that came to mind, but as it is usually the case the things are not so simple as they should be. After playing fore the most part of the day with DocBook and various utilities I decided to write it down for future reference. Read the rest of this entry »