The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 2. The KDE DocBook Tools

DocBook is a norm, and as such, documentation made at the KDE Project has to comply with it. Nevertheless, the tools used to process DocBook documents have been customized to match KDE style guidelines.

This chapter explains briefly how to install and run the DocBook tools customized for KDE.

2.1. Installing the Tools

The KDE DocBook Tools consist of several packages that work together to convert DocBook SGML files into HTML files for use in khelpcenter or Postscript files (by way of the JadeTeX TeX macros):

For instructions on installing all of these components, please refer to the ksgmltools/INSTALL file from the kdesdk package, on KDE FTP server or one of its mirrors listed on KDE mirrors list.