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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] is docbook the right tool for the job?
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 08:01:18AM -0700, > Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com> wrote > a message of 37 lines which said: > > > The other aspect is whether the tools will produce the > > quality of output your need. Keep in mind that > > there are other FO processors that do a better job > > than the free processors PassiveTeX and FOP. > > You can produce PDF from DocBook without FO. I still use jade + > pdfjadetex, which does not require non-free tools (Java JRE) and works > better than PassiveTeX. My impression is that while *jade is a good tool, xsl is much better supported than dsssl now. Both toolsets have bugs, but the xsl-based one is more likely to get better with time. Java JRE is a free tool, by the way. As free as TeX. On the other hand, the problems the original author mentions are not solved by using jadetex instead of passivetex; many of them are inherent to the idea of batch formatting. However, keeping the limitations in mind, one can produce very well-looking documents; current implementations (AntennaHouse, RenderX) do have shortcomings, but the shortcomings are not in the overall rendering capabilities, but in neat things, such as kerning, global line-breaking optimization and rendering heuristics. Overall, the quality is quite good. And will definitely get better with time. David Tolpin http://davidashen.net/
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