Docbook Processing

The Docbook sources are processed into several output format:

- : Yelp

HTML: several Browsers on several OSes

FOP: PDF, epub, mobi

They interpret some Docbook elements different - the reason could be outdated XSLTs in the repo. The purpose of this page is to collect them to know what to watch in test builds.

Table

Docbook	Yelp	HTML	PDF (other FOP need verification)	Notes
<bookinfo> <title> <edition> <authorgroup> <publisher> <releaseinfo> <copyright> <revhistory> <legalnotice>	- dispayed + window title ignored displayed in About page displayed in About page ignored displayed in About page ignored displayed in About page	- dispayed + window title ignored displayed in About page ignored displayed in About page displayed in About page displayed in About page displayed in About page	- displayed on Title & About page + window title ignored displayed on Title & About page ignored displayed in About page displayed in About page ignored displayed in About page

Examples

Examples, which need caution:

Docbook	Yelp	HTML	PDF (other FOP need verification)	Notes
in <ulink type="http" url="&url-selinger;accounting/tutorial.html"> &tit-sel-tut;</ulink> by Peter Selinger	in Tutorial on multiple currency accounting by Peter Selinger	in Tutorial on multiple currency accounting by Peter Selinger	in Tutorial on multiple currency accounting [https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial.html] by Peter Selinger	links, OK
in <ulink type="http" url="&url-selinger;accounting/tutorial.html"><foreignphrase>&tit-sel-tut;</foreignphrase> by Peter Selinger</ulink>.	in https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial.html.	in Tutorial on multiple currency accounting by Peter Selinger.	in Tutorial on multiple currency accounting by Peter Selinger [https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial.html].	yelp 3.36.0 can not handle inline tags in link labels and eats the label.