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Wolfgang JeltschOct 22, 2004 7:14 am 
Wolfgang JeltschOct 25, 2004 12:15 pm 
Michael SmithOct 25, 2004 4:52 pm.pgp
Bob StaytonOct 25, 2004 6:40 pm 
Justus H. PiaterOct 26, 2004 12:28 am 
Michael SmithOct 26, 2004 12:52 am.pgp
Wolfgang JeltschOct 26, 2004 10:45 am 
Wolfgang JeltschOct 26, 2004 10:53 am 
Wolfgang JeltschOct 26, 2004 10:56 am 
Wolfgang JeltschOct 26, 2004 11:07 am 
Subject:Re: [docbook-apps] many problems with converting DocBook XML to PDF
From:Wolfgang Jeltsch (wolf@jeltsch.net)
Date:Oct 26, 2004 10:56:39 am
List:org.oasis-open.lists.docbook-apps

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