Re: [docbook-apps] What is status of open-source XSLT to PDF ?

["Joseph Sheehan" <jrs3@cec.wustl.edu>]

I am also very interested in this question.

I recently had to decide which method, of all the documentation
formats out there, I would use for an upcoming book.  I chose NOT to
use DocBook because I found the the XML -> PDF toolchain was very
confusing, unstable, and as Jeff mentioned, various websites displayed
conflicting information.

A more streamlined process is very important if I am going to choose
DocBook in future projects.

Thanks
Joe


Jeffrey Franks said:
> Hi,
>
> Picking up Docbook XML from where I left off in 1999. At that
> time there where issues relating to using DSSSL vs XSLT for
> print quality PDFs.
>
> Tried to determine from reviews and mail lists if the current
> available open-source XSLT to PDF toolchains can produce prime-time
> print ready PDF.
>
> Getting conflicting opinions after reading the archives here, and the
> following three URL's:
>
>      http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/FOprocessors.html
>
>      http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/x109.html
>
>      http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/sgml.html
>
> Can someone address this question because I need to setup an
> open-source
> tool chain to produce a book in print quality PDF (several hundred
> rendered
> pages with text, tables, and images).
>
> Along those same lines, can I avoid DSSSL (Jade, etc) and still
> produce
> a suitable result?
>
> Simply stated, what is the open-source toolchain that is known to work
> for
> rendering print quality XML -> PDF ?
>
> Thanks for any help on this question.
>
> --
> Jeff Franks
>
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