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Re: Newbie-esue question
- From: Carlos Araya <carlos at cvc dot edu>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 06:09:48 -0800
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie-esue question
Robert:
That is interesting indeed. I made the statement because I had to compile
the files required to run XSLTproc. There are a lot of things that I have to
learn, as I am the primary writer in my group, I don't have the interchange
problems that you had, but can see why XSLTproc is a better alternative.
Carlos
On 01/07/02 5:57, "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:
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> From: "Carlos Araya" <carlos@cvc.edu>
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> Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie-esue question
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>> Daniel:
>>
>> I chuck that mistake to replying to a message without thinking. Any
>> conformant XSL processor will work as Bob indicated on his message.
> When I
>> started working with XSLT I did find Java processors to be easier to
> set up
>> for my own use. That was before XSLTproc was available.
>>
>> FWIW, I now use XSLT proc, but I'm not sure that's the easiest
> processor to
>> set up for a newbie.
>>
>> My apologies for being java-centric
>
> Interestingly enough, I found the reverse to be true. On Windows all the
> java programs require windows paths, which made sharing a config with
> Unix a PITA. The lovely thing about xsltproc was that it ported fairly
> easily to cygwin, letting me take a single makefile for documentation to
> any machine.
>
> Rob
>
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