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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] many problems with converting DocBook XML to PDF
Am Dienstag, 26. Oktober 2004 09:28 schrieben Sie: > 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, 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. 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. So the conclusion is: "Don't use PassiveTeX."? :-) (or :-( ) > Anyway, TeX has had its (long and glorious!) time, but the world is ready > for successors. All we lack is free tools. Especially for typesetting MathML. > Programmers of the world, contribute to FOP...! :-) Isn't FOP already mature enough to produce good output from FO and SVG? > Justus. Wolfgang
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