Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: db2latex

[ben <nicolas.marsgui@libertysurf.fr>]

Sebastian Rahtz a écrit :

> ben writes:
>  > I don't agree. It will be retrograde when the output formats are pretty
>  > and customizable enough.
>
> in what ways are they inadequate?

Basically I don't really like how it looks, and... I don't know how to change
it.

>  >  Last, I don't see where confusion
>  > is: Docbook gives the structure, and latex the expected intermediate
>  > formatting output, even if it's true that latex is a mix of style and
>  > structure.
>
> "normal" LaTeX does a lot of generation (TOC, index, list numbering,
> section headers, cross-ref text, cite text, etc), all of which are
> also done by eg the DSSSL and XSL Docbook systems. Thats the confusion
> that bothers me.

Oh I see. You are right.

> If I wanted LaTeX to format docbook, I'd use xmltex, and not do any
> translation at all.

Hmm... I had bad experiences with xmltex...

BG