Re: DocBook XSL: The Next Generation

Thomas Schraitle <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:41:58 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.text.docbook.apps
Message-ID <38930305.oaIKcnRMZl@tuxedo>
Hi,

On Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2020 17:24:24 CEST you wrote:
> [...]
> > Does the new stylesheets create PDFs through a HTML -> browser -> PDF
> > workflow? Or will there be separate XSL-FO stylesheets at some day?
> 
> My current thinking is that HTML+CSS through some tool like AntennaHouse
> Formatter or PrinceXML (or other similar tools) is the way forward.

Thanks Norm. Yes, that can be an interesting way. I've heard about that, but 
I'm not so much into this topic ATM. As far as I know, the above tools are 
commercial. Do you know an open source solution?


> If I
> had the time, I’d be happy to work on XSL FO stylesheets. But I don’t
> want to do the job badly and I don’t have the time to do it well.

I can fully understand your position. :) I'm sure it's fun, especially when 
you come from a XSLT 1.0 background. That's a huge step forward. On the other 
side, it's also a huge task, I guess. ;)


> [...]

Thanks!


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  Thomas Schraitle