WYSIWYG Docbook Editor - Syntext Serna
XML editing in Serna Docbook editor is quite straightforward, much like in a traditional word-processor. The one notable difference is that in addition to writing the text content writers insert elements and their attributes to form the structured content. Serna Docbook editor will suggest you a list of elements which you can insert at any given location. Other element operations are listed in the "Element" menu.
Syntext Serna Docbook editor employs XSLT & XSL-FO for WYSIWYG rendering of Docbook documents.
Syntext Serna Docbook Editor
Docbook Visualization
Serna Docbook editor uses Norman Walsh XSL Docbook stylesheets for rendering Docbook documents on-the-fly. The benefits of using XSL stylesheets are flexible Docbook document visualization with the ability to easily internationalize XML documents and to add helpful generated content for writers.
Metadata shown in Serna Docbook editor
Clean document view in Serna Docbook Editor
In Serna Docbook editor it is possible to localize your Docbook documents or their parts by simply changing the lang parameter of a compound element. For example, the lang attribute of a section on the screenshot below is set to ru, that is why you see Russian inscriptions for this section.
English localization of Docbook document in Serna
Russian localization of Docbook document in Serna
Docbook PDF and HTML Publishing
Serna Docbook editor comes with out-of-the-box HTML publishing functionality. Docbook XML documents can be converted to a single HTML file or multiple HTML files reflecting the structure of the source XML document.
Docbook to PDF conversion can be done with popular XML publishing engines such as Antenna House Formatter, RenderX XEP, and FOP.
HTML and PDF Publishing in Serna Docbook Editor
