DocBook Alternatives

DocBook is described as 'schema (available in several languages including RELAX NG, SGML and XML DTDs, and W3C XML Schema) maintained by the DocBook Technical Committee of OASIS. It is particularly well suited to books and papers about computer hardware and software (though it is by no' and is an app in the photos & graphics category. There are five alternatives to DocBook for Linux, Mac, Windows and BSD. The best DocBook alternative is LaTeX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DocBook are Groff, Pollen, ConTeXt (Typesetting System) and Text::Amuse.

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LaTeX
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16 LaTeX alternatives
LaTeX is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. The term LaTeX refers only to the language in which documents are written, not to the editor used to write those documents. In order to create a document in LaTeX, a .
- - LaTeX is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to DocBook.
- - LaTeX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DocBook.
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1. Command line interfaceLaTeX either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Typesetting
LaTeX Equations
Typography
Export to PDF
Publishing
Bibliography generator
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Groff
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7 Groff alternatives
The groff (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.
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Pollen
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6 Pollen alternatives
Pollen is a publishing system that helps authors create beautiful and functional web-based books. Pollen includes tools for writing, designing, programming, testing, and publishing.
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1. Support for MarkDownPollen supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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ConTeXt (Typesetting System)
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6 ConTeXt (Typesetting System) alternatives
“a system for typesetting documents based on TEX and METAPOST. You can use this system for converting documents coded in TEX format as well as documents coded in XML into high quality PDF” (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/)
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Text::Amuse
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7 Text::Amuse alternatives
Markup language for AMuseWiki.
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Text::Amuse Features
1. Support for MarkDownText::Amuse supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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DocBook Alternatives

LaTeX

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Groff

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Pollen

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ConTeXt (Typesetting System)

ConTeXt (Typesetting System) Features

Text::Amuse

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