Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie-esue question

[Carlos Araya <carlos@cvc.edu>]

Robert:

That is interesting indeed. I made the statement because I had to compile
the files required to run XSLTproc. There are a lot of things that I have to
learn, as I am the primary writer in my group, I don't have the interchange
problems that you had, but can see why XSLTproc is a better alternative.

Carlos

On 01/07/02 5:57, "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:

> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos Araya" <carlos@cvc.edu>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:54 AM
> Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Newbie-esue question
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> 
>> Daniel:
>> 
>> I chuck that mistake to replying to a message without thinking. Any
>> conformant XSL processor will work as Bob indicated on his message.
> When I
>> started working with XSLT I did find Java processors to be easier to
> set up
>> for my own use. That was before XSLTproc was available.
>> 
>> FWIW, I now use XSLT proc, but I'm not sure that's the easiest
> processor to
>> set up for a newbie.
>> 
>> My apologies for being java-centric
> 
> Interestingly enough, I found the reverse to be true. On Windows all the
> java programs require windows paths, which made sharing a config with
> Unix a PITA. The lovely thing about xsltproc was that it ported fairly
> easily to cygwin, letting me take a single makefile for documentation to
> any machine.
> 
> Rob
> 

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