Re: writing a DTD with TDTD and using it with psgml

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 23:46, Jochen Hayek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I dived into that TDTD tutorial today,
> and I thought I could start from there writing a DTD for gnupod -- these are utilities to manage the iPod under Linux.
> I DO have some SGML background (I have been using DocBook with psgml for a couple of years now),
> but even with the example DTD from that TDTD tutorial I didn't manage to get started with an XML file using that DTD under psgml.
> 
> I am quite sure, it is only a matter of setting it up correctly, but I am desperate now ;-)

There isn't anything to set up...TDTD-mode won't write a DTD for 
you, it just provides some syntax highlighting and a few  bells
and whistles. You still have to know how to write a DTD. It's not
like Near&Far or XML Spy.

> Does anybody also use TDTD and psgml together?

Yes, all day.

> Would it be possible to create a minimal XML file using that TDTD tutorial DTD, so that I can use that as a starter to edit it with psgml?

I've never looked at it. But James Clark has a tool somewhere I
think that takes a DTD and creates a minimally valid instance.

You should also be able to just open a new file in psgml-mode,
which references the DTD, and just use Element Insert to see
what is needed.

///Peter




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