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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: 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
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