Sure, you can use pandoc to process your Docbook XML, but why not learn a little XSL this weekend?

Requirements

You must have xsltproc installed. It's available from your software repository.

Here is some sample XML for you:

<xml version="1.0">

<para>

My name is <author>Foo</author>.

</para>

<para>

You're listening to <emphasis role="bold">Hacker Public

Radio</emphasis>.

</para>

</xml>

And here's the complete XSL as demonstrated:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="para">

<p><span><xsl:apply-templates/></span></p>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="emphasis">

<em><xsl:apply-templates/></em>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="emphasis[@role='bold']">

<strong><xsl:apply-templates/></strong>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="author" name="host">

<xsl:choose>

<xsl:when test="$host = 'Klaatu'">

<xsl:text>Klaatu</xsl:text>

</xsl:when>

<xsl:when test="$host = 'Gort'">

<xsl:text>Gort</xsl:text>

</xsl:when>

</xsl:choose>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Links

Norm Walsh

dpawson

O'Reilly

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