Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Syntax highlighting

[davep <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On 10/12/13 09:41, Frank Arensmeier wrote:
> 10 dec 2013 kl. 07:59 skrev davep <davep@dpawson.co.uk>:
>
> > On 09/12/13 16:09, Norman Walsh wrote:
> >
> > > > I can see you getting 80% with html and CSS... My penneth says
> > > > you'll fall over on the 20% so I'm -1 on this. Do you believe
> > > > you can do it? What of re-ordering, toc etc?
> > >
> > > Oh, you'd need a "for print" HTML stylesheet. There's lots of
> > > things that CSS can't do. But I still think that would be easier
> > > for most people than dealing with XSL FO.
> >
> >
> > I have to agree with you Norm. I still think there will be things
> > that (today) CSS can't do? That should change over (guess) the next
> > 3-4 years? What workflow would it be then? XSLT to obtain the
> > selected / added /re-organised output, then CSS to style it?
>
> I'd like to chime in here for a second or two. I think it is also
> important to ask in which direction Docbook (and other XML standards
> too for that matter) need to evolve in the near future. If you look
> at marketshare for desktop computer vs mobile devices, one will
> realise that the number of mobile devices has exploded the last
> couple of years. And this trend will definitely continue over the
> next decade or two. On the other hand, number of desktop computers
> has decreased tremendously.

It is not quite zero yet.


> Where does DB come into this picture? Personally, I think that HTML
> output will (and should) become more important to focus on than
> anything else. It is not XSL/FO that gets attention today, it's CSS.
> In my opinion, XSL/FO is a dead end.

IMHO some/many docbook users do want print output. How it is obtained
is a means to an end.



> If Docbook would switch to CSS based PDF generation, and you are able
> to achieve 80% of all the features that come with the PDF format,

Only 80%? And just ignore the rest? No thanks.
When CSS can hack docbook, then fine.
  Docbook was a torture test for xsl-fo, I think it can be
the same for CSS for print.






regards

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