meinproc4 - Man Page

KDE translator for XML

Synopsis

meinproc4 [--help] [Generic-options] [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [--cache file] [--check] [--htdig] [--srcdir] [--param key=value] [[[-o] | [--output]] file] [--stdout] [--stylesheet xsl] docbook_file

Description

meinproc4 converts DocBook files to HTML.

Generic Options

--author: Show author information.
--help: Show help about options.
--help-all: Show all options.
--help-kde: Show KDE specific options.
--help-qt: Show Qt specific options.
--license: Show license information.
-v --version: Show version information

Application Options

--cache file

Create a cache file for the document

--check

Check the document for validity

The output can be a bit daunting, since one small mistake can cause a cascade of errors. 
The trick is to look at the first error, fix that error, save the file, and run meinproc4 again.

--htdig

Create a ht://dig compatible index

-o, --output file

Output whole document to file.

--stdout

Output whole document to stdout.

--stylesheet xsl

Stylesheet to use

--srcdir dir

Set the root directory to look for kdelibs

--param key=value

Set parameters to pass to the stylesheet.

Usage

The most common way to run meinproc4 is simply as

meinproc4 docbook-file

where docbook-file is usually index.docbook. This command creates HTML pages from the DocBook file. Note that these pages are only viewable in KDE-based browsers (like Konqueror).

If you need to view the HTML output in another browser (for example, if you're placing it on line), use

meinproc4 --stylesheet stylesheet-name docbook-file

where stylesheet-name is the full path to one of the XSL stylesheets in $KDEDIR/share/apps/ksgmltools/customization. To produce output suitable for the web, you can use kde-web.xsl or kde-chunk-online.xsl. See the README file in that directory for more details.