Re: [docbook-apps] XMLroff

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GARY Hoffman <>
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2003-12-12T20:05:47+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] XMLroff
Tim Waugh wrote:

 

>On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 02:00:12PM -0800, Ben Rockwood wrote:

 

>> Does anyone have experience using XMLroff?  It looks like a 
decent idea
>> and alittle more simplified, not that it matters, but 
I've had serious
>> trouble getting it to build and I'm really curious 
what the PDF output
>> looks like.

 

>You don't say what system you're using, but in case it's useful I 
have
>some RPMs here:

 

>ftp://people.redhat.com/twaugh/docbook/xmlroff

 

>> I'm considering it as an alternative to FOP and PassiveTeX.

 

>It still needs quite a lot of work unfortunately.

 

>Tim.
>*/

 

What is the state of the art with regard to using DocBook in conjunction 
with TeX/LaTeX (or variants thereof)? Is it similar to the process described by 
Sebastian Rahtz at http://www.tei-c.org/Software/passivetex/? 

 

 

 

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