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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Problems using PassiveTeX/JadeTeX for equations
I've tried PassiveTeX, and despite it is my favorite, I had to switch to fop because PassiveTeX doesn't handle tables correctly... As soon as PassiveTeX will handle tables correctly, it could be the tool of choice... j3d. > Marco Stolpe <x25ugip1@freenet.de> wrote on Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:07:27 > +0200: > >> PassiveTeX (TeXLive 7 distribution). >> >> I soon discovered that PassiveTeX doesn't work. > > PassiveTeX is quite delicate to get up and running. I suggest you make > sure you have the latest xmltex and the latest passivetex from > Sebastian Rahtz' site, and install them manually if necessary. > >> Am I right that version 4.3 of DocBook and the 1.65.1 stylesheets >> don't work together with PassiveTeX? What versions would I have to use >> if I wanted to use PassiveTeX? > > To the (great) extent that backward compatibility is maintained > between DocBook versions, you can use the 1.65.1 stylesheets with any > (later) version of DocBook. I use DocBook 4.3 with 1.65.1 with a > customization layer that, among other things, adds support for recent > additions to DocBook (<code> etc.). > > This works for me, including equations. > > FYI, I code my math as follows: > > <informalequation> > <mediaobject> > <textobject role="tex"> > <phrase><![CDATA[ > \pi_i = P(X_0 = s_i) > ]]></phrase> > </textobject> > <textobject role="html"> > <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" > href="texmath-pii.xml"/> > </textobject> > </mediaobject> > </informalequation> > > where the file "texmath-pii.xml" contains a MathML representation that > is generated automatically from the TeX math using ttm > (http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/mml/) plus some perl hackery. > > Justus > > -- > Justus H. Piater, Ph.D. http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/ > Institut Montefiore, B28 Phone: +32-4-366-2279 > Université de Liège, Belgium Fax: +32-4-366-2620 > > ---------------------------------------- Giuseppe Greco ::agamura:: phone: +41 (0)91 604 67 65 mobile: +41 (0)76 390 60 32 email: giuseppe.greco@agamura.com web: www.agamura.com ----------------------------------------
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