Re: [docbook-apps] Multiplatform toolchain for outputting "nice" PDF

[Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de>]

Hi,

On 14.11.22 19:51, Kevin Dunn wrote:
> As someone who made a similar update, I can provide some perspective. Much of
> your tool chain may be old, but it's actually "mature," not "outdated." The
> most limiting element of your tool chain is likely fop. When I migrated from
> dsssl and jadeTeX to an xsl tool chain, I considered fop alongside Antenna
> House Formatter and RenderX XEP. As much as I like and admire free tools like
> fop, the commercial xsl-fo engines are superior. Each of them is available on
> multiple platforms, and each has a free demo version for evaluation purposes.

FOP has just published version 2.8 a some time ago and I think it has improved
a lot. Of course, depending on what features you need, it may or may not be on
par with commercial formatters. :)


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  Thomas Schraitle