Documentation for Firebird docwriters

Table of Contents

Getting and building the Firebird manual module

Introduction: Purpose of this Howto – Intended audience

Getting the manual module from SourceForge

Building the Firebird docs

Keeping your manual module up to date

If things go wrong

Advanced topic: Improving the PDF

Firebird Docwriting Guide

Introduction

Where the docmakers meet

Picking a subject

Preparing to write: make an outline!

DocBook XML – an introduction

DocBook XML authoring tools

Setting up your DocBook doc

Elements we use frequently

Language and style

Copyright issues

Adding your document to the manual module

Publishing your document on the Firebird website

Using non-Western fonts in your Firebird docs

Introduction

How the PDF is created

Step 1: Find the fonts you need

Step 2: Override the stylesheet fonts

Step 3: Create metrics files

Step 4: Create a FOP userconfig file

Step 5: Build the PDF and commit your work

Afterword

Firebird VPN Docwriter's Guide

Obtaining And Installing VPN