Latest release : 0.02 (12 Jan 2004)
naartex converts docbook to LaTeX files. Latest version is in naartex.tar.gz (http download; 276k), or if you wish the same file with version information in the filename is naartex-0.02.tar.gz (http download; 276k).
As the version number implies naartex is in the early stages of development. It is however already usable. The pdf and postscript version of its own manual is produced with naartex. Browse the links on top of this page to see the result. I also intent to work frequently over the next couple of months on naartex to make it work for most of docbook. You can help by sending (simple!) docbook fragments which don't (yet) work.
Naartex is developed for commercial use by Grafitroniks, but is copyrighted by me, Bart Vanhauwaert and is distributed under the GNU public license.
Docbook is an excellent format to produce documentation. Sadly I found it quit complicated to setup an environment to create pdf's from docbooks. Often this is a two step process where you need to convert to XSL-FO first. Next this intermediate format is converted to another typeset format. XSL-FO is a complicated standard and I didn't see the advantage of using it if my goal was to generate TeX (or LaTeX) in the end. Any customization done with the XSL-transformations can be done much simpler in LaTeX. So I decided to write naartex to bypass XSL-Formatting objects completly.
One simple C++ program. See the manual for more information.