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NAME

       jw,   docbook2dvi,   docbook2html,   docbook2man,  docbook2pdf,  docbook2ps,  docbook2rtf,
       docbook2tex, docbook2texi, docbook2txt - (Jade  Wrapper)  converts  SGML  files  to  other
       formats

SYNOPSIS

       jw [ -f frontend | --frontend frontend ]
           [ -b backend | --backend backend ]
           [ -c file | --cat file ]
           [ -n | --nostd ]
           [ -d file|default|none | --dsl file|default|none ]
           [ -l file | --dcl file ]
           [ -s path | --sgmlbase path ]
           [ -p program | --parser program ]
           [ -o directory | --output directory ]
           [ -V variable[=value] ]
           [ -u | --nochunks ] [ -i section | --include section ]
           [ -w type|list | --warning type|list ]
           [ -e type|list | --error type|list ]
           [ -h | --help ] [ -v | --version ]
           SGML-file

       docbook2dvi SGML-file

       docbook2html SGML-file

       docbook2man SGML-file

       docbook2pdf SGML-file

       docbook2ps SGML-file

       docbook2rtf SGML-file

       docbook2tex SGML-file

       docbook2texi SGML-file

       docbook2txt SGML-file

DESCRIPTION

       The  jw shell script allows to convert a DocBook file (or some other SGML-based format) to
       other formats (including HTML, RTF, PS and PDF)  with  an  easy-to-understand  syntax.  It
       hides most of Jade's or OpenJade complexity and adds comfortable features.

       Other  scripts  like  docbook2html,  docbook2rtf  or  docbook2ps provide different ways of
       calling jw that might be easier to remember.

       For the moment, jw does not handle XML, but only SGML.

       This utility assumes that several other components are installed. The list includes:

       • the ISO character entities for SGML

       • James Clark's DSSSL engine, jade, or an equivalent parser like OpenJade

       • the DocBook DTD from the OASIS consortium

       • Norman Walsh's DocBook modular style sheets (or some other set of DSSSL style sheets)

       • Sebastian Rahtz's jadetex  set  of  TeX  macros  for  jade  (for  backends  intended  to
         "printing" formats like PDF, RTF or PostScript)

       • A perl interpreter (for backends that use perl)

       • SGMLSpm from CPAN (for backends that use sgmls)

       • Lynx HTML browser (for the txt backend)

       The jw script is basically called like this:

       jw mydoc.sgml

       where mydoc.sgml is a SGML file.

       The  command  line  above  uses  default  options:  it  converts from DocBook (the default
       frontend) to HTML (the default backend), does not put the result in a subdirectory (unless
       specified otherwise in the style sheets), etc.

       In this example, the "mydoc" file name as well as the ".sgml" extension can be replaced by
       anything else.  Current  extensions  for  SGML  DocBook  files  include  ".sgml",  ".sgm",
       ".docbook",  and  ".db".  The processed file mydoc.sgml can be in any other directory than
       the current one.

       Here we have chosen to generate HTML output. In fact we can use any of the backends stored
       in  the  backends/  subdirectory  of  the  DocBook-utils  distribution  directory (usually
       /usr/share/docbook-utils).  Similarly, you can use any frontend defined in the  frontends/
       subdirectory to convert from another input format.

       This  sample  command  creates  one  or  many  HTML files with arbitrary file names in the
       current directory. This default behavior can  be  changed  through  command  line  options
       and/or customization style sheets.

OPTIONS

       The following options apply to the conversion script:

          -f frontend | --frontend frontend
              Allows  to  specify  another  frontend than default docbook.  The list of currently
              available frontends is:

              docbook
                     Converts docbook with Norman Walsh's style sheets. This frontend searches in
                     the   subdirectories   of   the   base  SGML  directory  for  a  file  named
                     html/docbook.dsl or print/docbook.dsl (depending on the backend's type: html
                     or print).

          -b backend | --backend backend
              Allows  to  specify  another  backend  than  default  HTML.  The  list of currently
              available backends is:

              dvi    Converts to DVI (DeVice Independant files) by calling Jade or OpenJade.

              html   Converts to HTML (HyperText Markup Language) by calling Jade or OpenJade.

              man    Converts a refentry to a Unix manual page by calling docbook2man.  Does  not
                     work with other SGML document types than DocBook.

              pdf    Converts to PDF (Portable Document Format) by calling Jade or OpenJade.

              ps     Converts to PostScript by calling Jade or OpenJade.

              rtf    Converts  to  RTF  (Rich  Text  Format)  by  calling  Jade  or OpenJade. The
                     resulting file can then be inported  into  MS  Word  or  one  of  its  Linux
                     replacement programs.

              tex    Converts to TeX by calling Jade or OpenJade.

              texi   Converts  to  GNU  TeXinfo pages by calling docbook2texi. Does not work with
                     other SGML document types than DocBook.

              txt    Converts to a bare text file by calling Jade or OpenJade, then Lynx.

          -c file | --cat file
              Allows to use  an  extra  SGML  Open  Catalog  that  will  list  other  files  like
              customization  style  sheets,  adaptations to the DocBook Document Type Definition,
              special character entities, etc. This catalog is added  to  the  list  of  catalogs
              determined by the script (see option --nostd below)

          -n | --nostd
              Do not use the standard SGML Open Catalogs. Normally, the standard catalogs list is
              determined like this:

              • if the centralized catalog exists, then use it. The centralized catalog is a list
                of  all  catalogs  that might be necessary that usually resides in /etc/sgml. Its
                name is provided by the  frontend,  for  example  the  docbook  frontend  returns
                /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat.

              • Otherwise,  take  all the files named catalog from the subdirectories of the SGML
                base directory (usually /usr/share/sgml).
       This option is useful in conjunction with the --cat option to use only the  catalogs  that
       are specified on the command line.

          -d file|default|none | --dsl file|default|none
              Allows to use a customized style sheet instead of the default one.

              A  "target"  starting  with  a hash mark "#" can be appended to the file name. As a
              result, only the corresponding part of the style  sheet  is  executed  (the  "style
              specification"  whose  "identificator" is equal to the target's name). A common use
              of this mechanism is  to  define  "#html"  and  "#print"  targets  to  trigger  the
              corresponding  part  of a replacement style sheet which is common for both HTML and
              printout conversion.

              By replacing the file name with "default", the default style  sheet  provided  with
              the  frontend is used. For example, the docbook frontend returns ./docbook.dsl#html
              (or ./docbook.dsl#print) in the SGML base directory.

              By replacing the file name with "none", no replacement style  sheet  is  used,  not
              even  the  default style sheet. The style sheet which is used is also determined by
              the  frontend.  For  example,  the  docbook   frontend   returns   Norman   Walsh's
              html/docbook.dsl  (or  print/docbook.dsl)  found  somewhere  below  the  SGML  base
              directory.

              If no --dsl option is specified, then "--dsl default" is used.

          -l file | --dcl file
              Allows to use a customized SGML declaration instead of the default  one.  The  file
              name  of  the  default  SGML  declaration  is not set for SGML files, and is set to
              xml.dcl in the SGML base directory for XML files.

          -s path | --sgmlbase path
              Allows to use another location for the SGML base directory. This is  the  directory
              below  which  all SGML DTDs, style sheets, entities, etc are installed. The default
              value is /usr/share/sgml.

          -p program | --parser program
              Specify the parser to use (Jade or OpenJade) if  several  are  installed.  If  this
              option  is  not  specified,  the  script  first  tries  to  use Jade, then it tries
              OpenJade.

          -o directory | --output directory
              Set output directory where all the resulting files will be  stored.  If  the  style
              sheets  define  a  subdirectory  where  to  store  the  resulting  files  too,  the
              subdirectory defined by the style sheets will  be  placed  below  the  subdirectory
              defined by this option.

          -V variable=[value]
              Set a variable (to a value, if one is specified).

          -u | --nochunks
              Output  only one big file. This option is useful only when generating HTML, because
              the output can be split into several files. This option overrides the setting  that
              may be done in the style sheets.

          -i section | --include section
              Declare  a  SGML  marked  section  as "include". A SGML marked section is a kind of
              conditional part of a document. If  it  is  declared  "ignore",  it  will  be  left
              ignored,  otherwise it will be processed. An example of such a marked section would
              be:

                   <DOCTYPE mydoc [
                     <!ENTITY % confidential "ignore">
                   ]>
                   <mydoc>
                     ...
                     <![ %confidential [ Some confidential text... ]]>
                     ...
                   </mydoc>

          -w type|list | --warning type|list
              Enables or disables the display of given types of  warnings.   Several  -w  options
              might  be entered on the command line.  Warning types that start with "no-" disable
              the corresponding warnings, the other types enable them.

              If the warning type is replaced with "list", then a list of allowed  warning  types
              is displayed.

          -e type|list | --error type|list
              Disables given types of errors.  Several -e options might be entered on the command
              line.  All error types start with "no-".

              If the error type is replaced with "list", then a list of allowed  error  types  is
              displayed.

          -h | --help
              Print a short help message and exit

          -v | --version
              Print the version identifier and exit

FILES

       /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat
              Centralized  SGML  open catalog. This file name might vary if another frontend than
              docbook is used.

       /usr/share/docbook-utils/backends
              The various backends

       /usr/share/docbook-utils/frontends
              The various frontends

       /usr/share/perl5/sgmlspl-specs
              The various helper scripts like docbook2man or docbook2texi

AUTHORS

       Eric Bischoff (jw shell script and a few backends),  Jochem  Huhmann  (the  man  and  texi
       backends)

SEE ALSO

       docbook2man-spec.pl(1),  docbook2texi-spec.pl(1), install-catalog(8), onsgmls(1), docbook-
       utils homepage <URL:http://sources.redhat.com/docbook-tools/>.

                                         14 January 2022                                    JW(1)