Re: [docbook-apps] GSoC Project Idea: integrated LaTeX output support for the stylesheets

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Jirka Kosek <>
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2013-04-07T17:36:03+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] GSoC Project Idea: integrated LaTeX output support for the stylesheets
On 6.4.2013 16:52, Gabor Kovesdan wrote:

> Yes, the goal of my proposed project is to improve the acceptance of
> DocBook, that is, providing more support for tooling. If DocBook can be
> used exclusively with free/open source tools, it can be suitable for
> open source and/or commercial but low-budget projects. I think using
> XSLT 2.0 would also be a bit limiting because of the somewhat limited
> support of XSLT 2.0.

What's limited with XSLT 2.0. There are several implementations of XSLT
2.0 for various platforms. Open-source Saxon-HE runs everywhere where
you have access to Java VM or .NET runtime. This covers all widely used
platforms including FreeBSD.

				Jirka

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