NAME

       gjots2docbook - Convert a gjotsfile to DOCBOOK (on stdout)

SYNOPSIS

       gjots2docbook -a|-b [ -e ] [ -P ] [ -p ] [ gjotsfile ]

DESCRIPTION

       gjots2docbook converts a gjotsfile into DOCBOOK XML.

       gjots2docbook uses awk(1) to perform the conversion.

       gjots2docbook  does  not  create  them so the first element in the file should contain any
       <bookinfo> or <artheader> element. Similarly, <bibliographic> elements are not created. In
       fact  the  output  is very simplistic with item titles in the gjotsfile being converted to
       chapter or section headings in DOCBOOK. There is no reason why your gjotsfile  should  not
       contain valid DOCBOOK XML - and that is why the -e and -p options are provided.

       If  the  file  does  not  start  with  <?xml  ...> then appropriate lines will be added as
       follows:

              <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
              <!DOCTYPE doc_type PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN">

       If properly installed, the docbook utilities can then be used to create HTML, man, ps, pdf
       etc files eg:

              gjots2docbook -b ~/.gjotsfile >gjotsfile.xml
              docbook2pdf gjotsfile.xml

       It may be necessary to fine-tune the docbook formatting to access all features.

OPTIONS

       -a     makes a DOCBOOK article

       -b     makes a DOCBOOK book

       -e     don't encode special characters eg < -> &lt;

       -p     don't change blank lines to </para><para> markers

       -P     first section is a preface rather than a chapter (book only)

AUTHOR

       Written by Bob Hepple <bhepple@freeshell.org>

       http://bhepple.freeshell.org/gjots

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002 Robert Hepple
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       gjots(1), gjots2html(1), docbook2gjots(1)

                                                                                 GJOTS2DOCBOOK(1)