Hi Tristan,
Where did you see those comments about Xalan not being recommended and
PassiveTeX being recommended over FOP? None of those words are in the
README in the 1.66.1 distribution that I can see. The Both of those
statements are out of date, so I would like to clean them up.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan Fiedler" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:11 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to DocBook / XML, and wanted to get the current
> recommendations (ease of installation, supports most features, etc. )
> for free software for processing DocBook into HTML & PDF using Mac OSX
> 10.3.5. Since the entire pipeline may migrate to a linux box
> eventually, I am leaning toward Java app's (Saxon & FOP).
>
> XSLT Processors : xsltproc, Saxon, Xalan (not recommended in the
> DocBook XSL 1.66 ReadMe)
> FO Processors : Passive Tex (recommended over FOP in the DocBook XSL
> 1.66 ReadMe)
>
> If the Mac OS X users wish to contact me directly, I would be most
> appreciative and will post a summary.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tristan
> ------------------------------
> Tristan J. Fiedler
> Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
>
>
>
