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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] toolchain
Hello, On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 08:00:28PM +0200, ibr@ata.cs.hun.edu.tr wrote: > 1. Are there open issues with rendering? In other words, can I do > with XSLT everything I do with DSSSL? I suspect the answer to your second question is yes, though I haven't used the DSSSL stylesheets in years, so I can't be definitive. > 2. How much time would I need for learning? I'm doing this in my > spare time. I need to customize headers, footers, page numbering, > title wording, titlepages. If your customisations are more than minimally complex, this will depend on how much XSLT you know already. Many customisations can be achieved by redefining parameters, but if you find you need to override entire templates to achieve what you want, you may need to write some XSLT code. Either way, Bob Stayton has made his definitive reference ('DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide') available online: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ > 3. Which toolchain (not only the ones mentioned above) produces the > best results and is less likely to break later? I think it remains uncontroversial to claim that the best results for print output via XSLFO will be achieved with a commercial FO renderer. I use and recommend XEP from RenderX (http://www.renderx.com/). I am sure there are perfectly acceptable free tools depending on your requirements. > I'll need to regenerate many files at once after a customization > layer change, so performance is important. I have found xsltproc to be very fast. XEP is written in Java and is certainly the rate-limiting step in my toolchain. -- Paul. w http://logicsquad.net/ h http://paul.hoadley.name/
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