Re: Multiplatform toolchain for outputting "nice" PDF

Hi,

On 14.11.22 19:51, Kevin Dunn wrote:
> As someone who made a similar update, I can provide some perspective. Mu=
ch 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 your tool chain may be old, but it's actually "mature," not "outdated."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 Anten=
na
> 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 availab=
le on
> multiple platforms, and each has a free demo version for evaluation purp=
oses.

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


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Gru=C3=9F/Regards
   Thomas Schraitle