Docbook publishing as PDF with bookmarks on Windows

Just a note to remember that Docbook publishing on Windows isn’t as easy as on Linux, but still not that hard :

1. Download FOP and Saxon
2. Create a stylesheet fop.xsl :
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:import
href="http://docbook.sf.net/release/xsl/current/fo/docbook.xsl"/>
<xsl:param name="paper.type" select="'A4'"/>
<xsl:param name="fop.extensions" select="0"/>
<xsl:param name="fop1.extensions" select="1"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>
3. Create a batch :
   saxon.jar -o GuideFoo.fo GuideFoo.xml E:\dev\dbk\fop.xsl
fop.bat -fo GuideFoo.fo -pdf GuideFoo.pdf


Notes :

• The fop extension defined in the XSL will allow bookmarks creation
• If you have images you may have to install JIMI, JAI for FOP too.
• It supposes that you have an good Internet connection and no proxy. Otherwise, you can download the Docbook XSL and for proxy, add “java -DproxySet=true -DproxyHost=proxy.provider.com -DproxyPort=3128 -jar”
• Some uses Ant to publish Docbook, it is very efficient. Makefile is also an option, there are examples in Docbook XSL distribution.
• Saxon isn’t the only choice, xsltproc may be faster, specially if you don’t use Saxon’s extensions.

Mac OSX utilities

Some usefull stuff :

• MPlayer, because Quicktime doesn’t understand all fomats ! (be sure to get the recent version from mplayerhq and not the old one from Sourceforge.)
• VLC, because Quicktime doesn’t understand all fomats and competition is good.
• 7zip best compression.

I found a nice article : MacDevCenter
I picked up MkConsole and Aquamacs (Emacs) Not sure if I will catch up with Emacs … I am hesitating for about 10 years …
There are some good tips about keyboard use too.