Re: [docbook-apps] many problems with converting DocBook XML to PDF

[Michael Smith <smith@xml-doc.org>]

"Justus H. Piater" <Justus.Piater@ULg.ac.be> writes:

> I'll just add one more bit of information: 1.61.3 is the latest
> version of the docBook stylesheets that work with PassiveTeX. That's
> while I still use that, with a customization layer to deal with
> constructs added by later versions of the DTD.
> 
> Someone recently encouraged me to post bug reports for PassiveTeX
> compatibility issues of the stylesheets,

That was me, actually

> but I'm not sure it would be worth the effort - the problems are
> numerous, changes sometimes substantial; the stylesheets are not
> the right place to fix PassiveTeX problems.

Amen.

> Sad, since PassiveTeX is the only free FO processor that can
> render math, but in Sebastian Rahtz' defense, it was never meant
> to be more than a proof of concept, let alone a fully-functional
> FO processor. Anyway, TeX has had its (long and glorious!) time,
> but the world is ready for successors. All we lack is free
> tools.
> 
> Programmers of the world, contribute to FOP...! :-)

Better yet, contribute to Tony Graham's xmlroff -

  http://www.xmlroff.org/

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