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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: docbook xml - paper based outputs?
Gershon L Joseph wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > > > My belief is that there is no reliable, mature, easy-to-use product to > > make PDF from Docbook. The nearest might be the Framemaker route, > > perhaps via DSSSL, I suspect, but even that is a vale full of tears. > > > > face it, getting high-quality typesetting remains hard. > > Unless you're using Arbortext Epic Publisher, which gives you top-quality > DocBook-based publishing. Epic uses FOSI stylesheets. I've used Epic (and > its predecessor Adept) at several companies since I started doing > XML/SGML based authoring. On projects that can't afford Epic, I use > (Open)Jade for print and PDF output. > > Also, Epic is really good with outputing tables. You also have other > page layout features not yet supported by Jade or the FO routes. Some of > the FOSI features will probably never be supported by Jade or FO (though I > think the DSSSL standard does deal with all of them) > > Alright, I'll get off the podium now. > > <disclaimer>I don't work for Arbortext. I'm just a satisfied customer.</> > What do you use for your Linux machine? -- Jeffrey L. Franks (Web) http://www.motiftools.org (Mail) jfranks@quik.com
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