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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: db2latex
Sebastian Rahtz a écrit : > Peter Toft writes: > > What I *really* like to do - I guess this is what you > > have made - is to parse my SGML/DocBook to standard > > Latex code, which I can process to PS/PDF-files using > > the standard Tetex-packages getting a much nicer > > layout compared to what (pdf)jadetex provides for me > > today. > > If you want to do all your styling work in LaTeX, then forget DSSSL > and all it stands for. Just write a very simple freestanding > Docbook to LaTeX converter. I firmly believe that trying to marry bits > of formatting and transformation in DSSSL with bits of styling in > LaTeX is a recipe for awful confusion. > > Mind you, I think you are wrong. Going back to LaTeX is a retrograde > dead-end step, IMHO. I don't agree. It will be retrograde when the output formats are pretty and customizable enough. Besides, db2latex is a kind of freestanding Docbook to LaTeX converter, using XSL! Last, I don't see where confusion is: Docbook gives the structure, and latex the expected intermediate formatting output, even if it's true that latex is a mix of style and structure. BG
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