xml-dev - Re: FOs again

["Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>]

Peter Murray-Rust writes:
 > >I'd be interested to see a comparison between this 60 page document
 > >rendered with XSLFO/FOP, and the same document rendered using
 > >XML+CSS, and a good browser's print engine. 
 > 
 > I think the main differences are that 
 > 	- XSL-FO provides paginated output, and supports page references.

I am not sure I buy that. Do no browsers do pagination??? 

 > 	- XSL-FO does not require a browser, so can be used in batch mode for a
 > series of documents.
fair point, but making Mozilla or  Opera's renderer run in batch must 
be at least possible?

 > 	- FOP implementers are responsive to the needs and views of members of
 > this list - most browser manufacturers are not and most CSS implementations
 > are incomplete.
it sound seductive, but thats not an entirely convincing argument, you 
know....

 >  some of use appear to be confused about the roles of XSL-FO and CSS, is
 > there a useful overview that could help us?

I am not sure I have ever read an unbiased one... they tend to have
been written by rabid anti-FO people or rabid anti-CSS people. I
too would like to read this.

Sebastian


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