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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] passivetex support
From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> Subject: [docbook-apps] passivetex support Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:39:40 -0800 > I'm proposing that support for the Passivetex XSL-FO processor in the XSL stylesheets > be discontinued. When the DocBook XSL project was just getting started, Passivetex > was one of two free XSL-FO processors (FOP was the other). Passivetex never fully > implemented the standard, development ceased about 8 years ago, and its author > admitted it was mostly a proof-of-concept project. The DocBook XSL stylesheets have a > 'passivetex.extensions' parameter, which is mostly used to compensate for and > workaround the things it does not support. Today, FOP does a much better job, and is > supported. > > So I wanted to ask the mailing list if anyone is using it, and needs to continue using > it. If not, we will be removing the 'passivetex.extensions' param and all the code > that references it. Is Docbook In ConTeXt usable for Docbook5? Or what other free software tools without java exist for that purpose? Klaus Schilling
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