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README.md

DocBookExport

A MediaWiki extension to DocBook from wiki pages

#Installation

For installation of this extension you need to have ssh access to your server.

To install the extension, place the entire 'DocBookExport' directory within your MediaWiki 'extensions' directory
Just enter the following command in the 'extensions' directory: 'git clone https://bitbucket.org/wikiworksdev/docbookexport.git DocBookExport'
Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php file: 'wfLoadExtension( 'DocBookExport' );'
Verify you have this extension installed by visiting the /Special:Version page on your wiki.

#Install Dependencies

Install pandoc.
- See https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases for the latest version
- For Ubuntu use the following commands, replace the version number as per the latest release.
- sudo wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.0.5/pandoc-2.0.5-1-amd64.deb
- sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.0.5-1-amd64.deb
Configure $wgDocBookExportPandocPath to your Pandoc path in case the "pandoc" command doesn't work
Install extension Figures - It supports defining figures in MediaWiki
To download DocBook files in Zip format install the ZipArchive php extension.
- See https://stackoverflow.com/q/3872555/1150075
To download DocBook in PDF format install the xsltproc and fop
- See https://askubuntu.com/a/462343 and https://www.howtoinstall.co/en/ubuntu/trusty/fop

#Usage To create a book define the page structure using the docbook parser function or tag extension. See examples below.

Parser Function Example:

{{#docbook:
page structure=

#Credits This extension has been written by Nischay Nahata for wikiworks.com and is sponsored by NATO