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Basically completed Docbook xml make environment

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+HOW-TO:  Compiling the Mercurial Book
+======================================
+
+This Mercurial Book is written in DocBook 4.5.
+
+The goal of this document is to give simple instructions to anyone who
+wants to compile this book into a useful format, like HTML or PDF.  It
+should state *exactly* which tools to use, and how to invoke them, in
+simplest terms.
+
+Table of Contents:
+
+  I. PRIMER
+ II. COMPILING THE DOCS
+III. HACKING ON THE DOCS
+
+I. PRIMER
+
+  DocBook has a tortured, confusing history.  Before you do anything,
+  take a look at Eric Raymond's excellent "DocBook Demystification HOWTO":
+
+      http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/
+
+  It's very short and clears up many things.
+
+
+II. COMPILING THE DOCS
+
+
+1. Install XML DTD and XSL stylesheets for DocBook
+
+      % sudo apt-get install docbook-xml docbook-xsl
+
+2. Install libxml2-utils
+
+      % sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
+
+3. Install graph drawing tools
+
+      % sudo apt-get install graphviz inkscape
+
+4. Install pdf support
+
+      % sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk docbook-xsl-saxon libsaxon-java fop
+
+  The Makefile will actually invoke tools/fop/fop.sh, you should do
+  some trick, let fop's CLASSPATH include saxon.jar and docbook-xsl-saxon.jar .
+
+5. Make
+  Run 'make' for more details, for example:
+
+  * make all document(pdf, html and html-single for all languages)
+      % make all
+
+  * make english document(pdf, html and html-single for all languages)
+      % make LINGUA=en all
+
+  * make Chinese document(pdf, html and html-single for all languages)
+      % make LINGUA=zh all
+
+  * make Chinese pdf document
+      % make LINGUA=zh pdf
+
+III. HACKING ON THE DOCS
+
+In addition to everything in section II:
+
+
+1. Get a nice editing environment for SGML/XML.
+
+  This isn't strictly required, but it's nice when your editor
+  colorizes things, understands the DTD, tells you what tags you can
+  insert, etc.
+
+  If you use emacs, we recommend the PSGML major-mode.  Most free
+  operating systems package it, or its home page is here:
+
+      http://www.lysator.liu.se/projects/about_psgml.html
+
+  If you use vim, you might check out xmledit, at:
+
+      http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301
+
+
+2. Get a validating parser.
+
+  Actually, if you have what you need to compile the documentation,
+  then you almost certainly have an XML validator installed already -
+  it is called xmllint, and comes as part of libxml2.
+
+  The makefile is preconfigured with a suitable invocation of it,
+  so simply run:
+
+      $ make validate
+
+3. Read about DocBook.
+
+  You'll want to get real intimate with a DocBook reference, such as
+  can be found at:  http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/