Get the latest schema

We can't be sure what version the distribution included, and emacs brings more stylesheets as well. So we keep the definitive one in the same backed-up directory as this document (notes_newmachine.xml). If missing or if we want to upgrade, go to docbook.org/schema and get the latest version, save it in the working directory, and symlink it as docbookxi.rnc. Currently we are using docbookxi.rnc.5.2.

Set up the locating rules

These are also stored in the working directory for this document, so this shouldn't be necessary if working from, uh, that directory. cp ~/Dropbox/Basic/new_machine/linux/docbook/schemas.xml .

<locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0">
  <namespace ns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" uri="mallard-1.0.rnc"/>
  <namespace ns="xi" uri="xiincludedummy.rnc"/>
  <documentElement prefix="" localName="article" typeId="DocBook"/>
  <documentElement prefix="" localName="book" typeId="DocBook"/>
  <typeId id="DocBook" uri="docbookxi.rnc"/>
</locatingRules>

Generating this document

See To generate this document above

Edit in nxml mode in emacs. If emacs hangs while saving, recover emacs with C-g and then turn off undo-mode.

xsltproc --stringparam para.propagates.style 1 --stringparam html.stylesheet nm.css -o notes_newmachine.html /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/xhtml/docbook.xsl notes_newmachine.xml