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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:10:40 -0800, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:
> Currently the three most complete and popular XSLT processors are Saxon,
> xsltproc, and Xalan.  Regarding FO processors, PassiveTeX is very difficult
> to get working with DocBook XSL, and even then it does not support important
> parts of the XSL-FO standard.  FOP is possibly the best free XSL-FO
> processor, but it also does not support all of the XSL-FO standard.  It is
> usable, but difficult to get production-quality output. 

Talking about this, I am still working with the SGML version of
DocBook, producing html and PDF versions of our users manual. Would
you suggest switching to XML now or waiting for a more complete
toolset???

thanks in advance

Gianluca


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