Re: DOCBOOK: Change Bars

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

[Follow-ups to docbook-apps, please]

/ Stephen Rasku <stephen@tgivan.com> was heard to say:
| >/ Stephen Rasku <stephen@tgivan.com> was heard to say:
| >| Is there any way to generate change bars from a DocBook document?  
| If 
| >| not, is there any intention of adding this functionality?
| >
| >Yes, it can be done either by hand or semi-automatically.
[...]
| I am using version 1.64 of the DocBook DSSSL style sheets.  Can I use 
| changebars.xsl with DSSSL style sheets or do I need to use XSL style 
| sheets?

You can't use changebars.xsl with DSSSL, but implementing changebars.dsl
would be pretty easy, I think.

| I want to generate change bars on printed output.  Can I use 
| XSL style sheets to render into PostScript?

Ah, changebars.xsl is an HTML stylesheet. I haven't written a print one
yet. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a way to make Jade or
XSL FO produce traditional print change bars.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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