getting started (false start 1 of ?)

[Gavin Henry]

<quote who="Duncan Lithgow">
> Hi all
>
> I've just started reading the 'Fedora Project Documentation Guide' and
> have some comments on it. Are the people who edit that document on this
> list and tuned in?

Yes, we are ;-)

> As a newbie I'm trying to document some of my problems as I go, and I
> want to use docbook for other projects. I'm familiar with XMLMind but
> can't get anything working on fc3 to write/edit DocBook.

If you can use XMLMind, you can certainly do bog standard Docbook.

> The first page of 'Fedora Project Documentation Guide' doesn't help me
> at all. It first refers to 3 files I can get through yum (xmlto —
> docbook-style-xsl — docbook-dtds) and then jumps into checking things
> out of cvs.

I don't believe you ;-) Do a yum search xmlto and yum search docbook. They
are definiteley there.

> So, on the very first page fedora docs has lost me.
>
> I need two types of help
> 1. getting going with DocBook
See above.

> 2. who to talk to to make the docs newbie friendly
Us.

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