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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="tools">
  <title>Tools</title>

  <para>Several software tools are used to manage the FreeBSD
    documentation and render it to different output formats.  Some of
    these tools are required and must be installed before working
    through the examples in the following chapters.  Some are
    optional, adding capabilities or making the job of creating
    documentation less demanding.</para>

  <sect1 xml:id="tools-required">
    <title>Required Tools</title>

    <para>Install
      <package>textproc/docproj</package> from the
      Ports Collection.  This <emphasis>meta-port</emphasis> installs
      all the applications required to do useful work with the &os;
      documentation.  Some further notes on particular components are
      given below.</para>

    <sect2>
      <title><acronym>DTD</acronym>s and
	<acronym>Entities</acronym></title>

      <para>&os; documentation uses several Document Type Definitions
	(<acronym>DTD</acronym>s) and sets of <acronym>XML</acronym>
	entities.  These are all installed by the
	<package>textproc/docproj</package>
	port.</para>

      <variablelist>
	<varlistentry>
	  <term><acronym>XHTML</acronym> <acronym>DTD</acronym>
	    (<package>textproc/xhtml</package>)</term>

	  <listitem>
	    <para><acronym>XHTML</acronym> is the markup language of
	      choice for the World Wide Web, and is used throughout
	      the &os; web site.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	  <term>DocBook <acronym>DTD</acronym> (<package>textproc/docbook-xml</package>)</term>

	  <listitem>
	    <para>DocBook is designed for marking up technical
	      documentation.  Most of the &os; documentation is
	      written in DocBook.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	  <term>ISO 8879 entities
	    (<package>textproc/iso8879</package>)</term>

	  <listitem>
	    <para>Character entities from the ISO 8879:1986 standard
	      used by many <acronym>DTD</acronym>s.  Includes named
	      mathematical symbols, additional characters in the Latin
	      character set (accents, diacriticals, and so on), and
	      Greek symbols.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 xml:id="tools-optional">
    <title>Optional Tools</title>

    <para>These applications are not required, but can make working on
      the documentation easier or add capabilities.</para>

    <sect2>
      <title>Software</title>

      <variablelist>

	<varlistentry>
	  <term><application>Vim</application>
	  (<package>editors/vim</package>)</term>

	  <listitem>
	    <para>A popular editor for working with
	      <acronym>XML</acronym> and derived documents, like
	      DocBook <acronym>XML</acronym>.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>

	<varlistentry>
	  <term><application>Emacs</application> or
	    <application>XEmacs</application>
	    (<package>editors/emacs</package> or
	    <package>editors/xemacs</package>)</term>

	  <listitem>
	    <para>Both of these editors include a special mode for
	      editing documents marked up according to an
	      <acronym>XML</acronym> <acronym>DTD</acronym>.  This
	      mode includes commands to reduce the amount of typing
	      needed, and help reduce the possibility of
	      errors.</para>
	  </listitem>
	</varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>