Hi Bob,
The comments came from the following file
docbook-xsl-1.66.1/doc/publishing.html
You mentioned that the statements are out of date. Are XT, Xalan, and
FOP currently recommended then?
Cheers,
Tristan
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Tristan J. Fiedler
Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
On Nov 2, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
> 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 statements are out of date, so I would like to clean them up.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
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>> Tristan J. Fiedler
>> Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
>> Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
>>
>>
>>
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