Re: Documentation on the development of C (C++?) Dia plugins (shapes)

[Andrew S Halper <ashalper acm org>]

On 2002.05.16 08:28 Pierre Pronchery wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 06:23:06PM +0300, Steffen Macke wrote:
> > Pierre,
> >
> > I think this is excellent!
> well, thanks :)
> > I think at least the part on
> > shape creation should be added to
> > the dia manual. I would also like to
> > add the rest (Other opinions on this?).
> > Would that be ok for you?
> of course, I'd be honoured :)
> >
> > Are you familiar with DocBook so that you
> > could merge your text with the dia manual?
> unfortunately, not at all. I actually write plain html, and I'm having
> a look to sgml and latex, because I'd like to try an alternative to
> common word processors.
> this takes time, and moreover I'm writing my report now. however,
> could you point me to a quick reference to DocBook? I'll use it if it
> fills my need. I'll have more time in a month to try all of these.

AbiWord:

http://www.abisource.com/products.phtml

claims to be able to save as DocBook.  Even if it's rough, someone else 
could probably clean it up.

Andy