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Re: XSL print StyleSheets
Matthew Harrison writes:
> 3. But I'm still not in print by this route. 'fo' stylesheets produce fo (I'm
> learning as I go here :?), not tex like the DSSSL print stylesheets
> and don't quite get me printing. I'm sure I've missed something.
> How do I get from fo to tex? (or to print by any route, apart from
> printing html from a browser or using html2ps)?
you can process .fo files with PassiveTeX
(http://users.ox.ac.uk/~rahtz/passivetex), which is the same
technology as jadetex in the DSSSL route. there is no conversion, TeX
can be made read .fo directly.
but
- I don't know what version of XSL FO Norm's stylesheets
generate. PassiveTeX is currently the 1999 version, but the March 2000
stuff will be available shortly (today, if I fix a problem)
- Norm uses things which P.T. doesn't support yet (in tables, of
course).
basically, FO formatting is still very much bleeding edge. the routes
are
- FOP. free-standing Java program which does a good job, but does not
implement a lot of interesting things (like hyphenation :-})
- PassiveTeX. implements a lot more, but in patchy ways. cannot cope
with some variants of properties
- RenderX engine. implements old XSL FO well, but is closed black box
- whatever Arbortext have ready. I guess Norm could comment on the
state of that
Sebastian Rahtz