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Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs
- From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>
- To: <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>, "Tristan Fiedler" <fiedler at cshl dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:33:58 -0800
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs
- References: <5BA7D652-2D0B-11D9-B26B-000D933B5D9E@cshl.edu>
Hi Tristan,
Where did you see those comments about Xalan not being recommended and
PassiveTeX being recommended over FOP? None of those words are in the
README in the 1.66.1 distribution that I can see. The Both of those
statements are out of date, so I would like to clean them up.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan Fiedler" <fiedler@cshl.edu>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to DocBook / XML, and wanted to get the current
> recommendations (ease of installation, supports most features, etc. )
> for free software for processing DocBook into HTML & PDF using Mac OSX
> 10.3.5. Since the entire pipeline may migrate to a linux box
> eventually, I am leaning toward Java app's (Saxon & FOP).
>
> XSLT Processors : xsltproc, Saxon, Xalan (not recommended in the
> DocBook XSL 1.66 ReadMe)
> FO Processors : Passive Tex (recommended over FOP in the DocBook XSL
> 1.66 ReadMe)
>
> If the Mac OS X users wish to contact me directly, I would be most
> appreciative and will post a summary.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tristan
> ------------------------------
> Tristan J. Fiedler
> Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
>
>
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