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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] many problems with converting DocBook XML to PDF
"Justus H. Piater" <Justus.Piater@ULg.ac.be> writes: > I'll just add one more bit of information: 1.61.3 is the latest > version of the docBook stylesheets that work with PassiveTeX. That's > while I still use that, with a customization layer to deal with > constructs added by later versions of the DTD. > > Someone recently encouraged me to post bug reports for PassiveTeX > compatibility issues of the stylesheets, That was me, actually > but I'm not sure it would be worth the effort - the problems are > numerous, changes sometimes substantial; the stylesheets are not > the right place to fix PassiveTeX problems. Amen. > Sad, since PassiveTeX is the only free FO processor that can > render math, but in Sebastian Rahtz' defense, it was never meant > to be more than a proof of concept, let alone a fully-functional > FO processor. Anyway, TeX has had its (long and glorious!) time, > but the world is ready for successors. All we lack is free > tools. > > Programmers of the world, contribute to FOP...! :-) Better yet, contribute to Tony Graham's xmlroff - http://www.xmlroff.org/
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