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Re: Creating Different Output Formats Using DocBook V4.1 XML
Jorge Godoy writes:
> It's easy to manipulate and add things such as a "PRELIMINAR"
> background text in gray 50%, to make people who print the PS/PDF know
> that this is not an official recommendation. This is one thing. Other
> things might be adding cropmarks to this DVI.
you can do that in the PS or PDF. or indeed in the stylesheet
> >> - PS - PDF - PCL
> Sebastian> these are surely manageable from just one, ie PDF?
>
> PCL is better for printing. It makes the printer less stressed on
> image rendering.
so convert the PS to PCL.... easy enough with Ghostscript. why
reinvent the wheel?
> >> - troff (unix man pages)
> Sebastian> easy enough.
>
> So, how to do it with DocBook XML?
no idea, but its just a transformation to text, so no new technology
is needed, just some XSL programming
> >> - texinfo
> Sebastian> why?
>
> It's output is good!
good god. we do have different aesthetics.....
> Sebastian> get it from one of the others
>
> It would be interesting to have it generated directly from the
> source. Getting it from others requires aditional tools and these
> aren't always easy to get for every platform that you need.
yes, just another transform then
> This is the bad thing that happen to us: you need to find one. There
> should be more things on the formatting/converting tools to prevent
> you from having to look after one tool to get a basic format... :-\
With respect, there "There should be" statement is a bit
disingenuous. The tools will be there if someone writes them! You
cannot magic them out of thin air. We all chose to go down this route
of *ML markup, of our own volition; no-one told is it would be a
simple path.
as have said a million times, transform to TeX if you want quick and
easy high quality printed pages...
Sebastian