From: "Bob Stayton" <>
Subject: [docbook-apps] passivetex support
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:39:40 -0800
> I'm proposing that support for the Passivetex XSL-FO processor in the XSL stylesheets
> be discontinued. When the DocBook XSL project was just getting started, Passivetex
> was one of two free XSL-FO processors (FOP was the other). Passivetex never fully
> implemented the standard, development ceased about 8 years ago, and its author
> admitted it was mostly a proof-of-concept project. The DocBook XSL stylesheets have a
> 'passivetex.extensions' parameter, which is mostly used to compensate for and
> workaround the things it does not support. Today, FOP does a much better job, and is
> supported.
>
> So I wanted to ask the mailing list if anyone is using it, and needs to continue using
> it. If not, we will be removing the 'passivetex.extensions' param and all the code
> that references it.
Is Docbook In ConTeXt usable for Docbook5?
Or what other free software tools without java exist for that purpose?
Klaus Schilling
