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Goals
The goals of this page are...
to be a comprehensive list of DocBook-aware editor programs
- to distinguish which programs are included in Ubuntu
- to present this information in a consistent format
please try to stick to the format thank you
Format
program (+ plugin1 / plugin2 ...)
- repository: main / universe
- environment: Gnome / KDE / Java / command-line / ?
- homepage: project homepage
- install: apt-get install ...
- community: program community resources link
- comments: comment 1
- comment 2
Test Suite
You can find many sample documents in the DocBook SourceForge CVS Repository which may be useful to exercise program features:
Supported
These programs are available from the Ubuntu package repositories.
abiword
- repository: main
- environment: GTK2 / Gnome2
homepage: http://www.abisource.com/
- install: apt-get install abiword abiword-common abiword-plugins
community: http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/
comments: I'm having problems importing DocBook, but it should work, I need to RTFM
bluefish
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
homepage: http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
- install: apt-get install bluefish
community: http://bfwiki.tellefsen.net/
- comments: bluefish is an HTML editor, not totally adept as an XML editor
conglomerate
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
homepage: http://www.conglomerate.org/index.html
- install: apt-get install conglomerate
community: http://www.conglomerate.org/getting_involved.html
- comments: boxes don't display right on dapper with default settings
- some very interesting concepts for organizing the display vs. other editors
emacs + nxml
- repository: main / universe
- environment: emacs
homepage: http://www.thaiopensource.com/nxml-mode/
- install: apt-get install nxml-mode
- comments: if you love emacs, this is the thing
kate
- repository: main
- environment: KDE
homepage: http://kate.kde.org/
- install: apt-get install kate kate-plugins
community: http://kate.kde.org/contact.php
- comments: installed by default with Kubuntu
- great option for kate, use it for all my editing
- code folding / unfolding is handled very nicely
lyx
- repository: universe
- environment: Qt / xforms
homepage: http://www.lyx.org
- install: apt-get install lyx
community: http://www.lyx.org/internet/
comments: LaTeX oriented but can import / export DocBook
- What You See Is What You Mean (WYSIWYM) works beautifully
- templates seem to be broken at the moment
mlview
- repository: universe
- environment: Gnome
- install: apt-get install mlview
community: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mlview-list
- comments: looks promising, haven't thoroughly tested it yet
OpenOffice.org Writer
- repository: main
- environment: (originally Java, but now ?)
homepage: http://www.openoffice.org
- install: apt-get install openoffice.org
community: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
comments: I have not been able to get OOo to work with DocBook on Linux
WritingDocbookWithOpenOffice describes procedure to use OOo to edit DocBook
Quanta+
- repository: main
- environment: KDE
homepage: http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/
- install: apt-get install quanta
community: http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/bugs.php
- comments: looks similar to kate, but has some nice tools for validation etc.
doesn't have the DocBook 4.3 XML DTD out of the box
- missing dependencies in Ubuntu dapper
- sometimes freezes for me on dapper
excellent tutorial http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/tutorials/quanta-docbook/quanta.html
SciTE
- repository: universe
- environment: Scintilla
homepage: http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
- install: apt-get install scite
community: http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
- comments: on dapper SciTE crashes for me, maybe OK on breezy?
- scriptable and extensible through Python
vim + xmledit
- repository: main
- environment: vim
homepage: http://www.vim.org/
- install: apt-get install vim
community: http://www.vim.org/community.php
- comments: good option if you like vim / vi
Unsupported
These programs are not available in the Ubuntu package repositories. Some packages may not be included due to licensing restrictions. Perhaps you would like to volunteer to package one of these programs for Ubuntu? There is certainly nothing wrong with using these programs, but you may need to turn to their own user community if you need assistance.
Butterfly XML
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.butterflyxml.org/
install: http://www.butterflyxml.org/modules.php?name=Downloads
community: http://www.butterflyxml.org/modules.php?name=Forums
- comments: screenshots look intriguing, haven't tried it yet
Exchanger XML Lite
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.freexmleditor.com/
install: http://www.freexmleditor.com/
community: http://exchangerxml.com/phpBB2/
comments: not Open Source, free to use but restricted
- free lite version with pro version available
- haven't tried it yet
Geany
- environment: GTK2
homepage: http://geany.uvena.de/
community: http://geany.uvena.de/support.html
- comments: must be built form source code, haven't tried it yet
jEdit + XML / XmlIndenter / XQuery / XSLT / JTidyPlugin
- environment: Java
homepage: http://www.jedit.org/
community: http://community.jedit.org/
- comments: nice if you use both Linux and Windows
Related Pages
To Do List
Programs to add
- c'mon there gotta be more!
Additions
- use tabs or tables to make attributes align better?