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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: A perspective on DocBook and DSSSL
Richard Sharpe writes: > I have managed to get DocBook/DSSSL to do a lot of the things I want, and > wonder if XSLT or other approaches will be better for me? ... > I have separate title pages for each chapter/section with a black block > with a white section number on it, with branding graphics on the front page > of each section. easy enough > I have a separate title page for the book, with everything starting on the > correct pages. ditto > I have headers and footers with underbars and over bars mostly working, > with different footers on recto and verso pages so that you can read the > string across the spine of book when it is layed open. most XSL FO implementations will do this OK > I have problems in the headers and footers which appear to be related to > TeX/JadeTeX interactions. Sometimes they just do funny things. :-} > I want to use multiple columns or tables on title pages so I can align > graphics and text with each other. thats going to be amusing with DSSSL or XSL FO.... > I do not understand yet how to maintain version numbers of documents > automatically? surely not a DSSSL or FO issue? > So, I wonder if I can do all this easily with XSL? in theory > I also wonder what the learning curve is? if you grok DSSSL, its easy sebastian
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