Help Wanted: DSSSL Analyst

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to implement DSSSL in a production environment for print
publishing.  I am using Jade with the SGML backend to produce MIF,
which is then printed from Frame.  This allows professional-quality
printing (which Word simply can't provide), while keeping the source
managed in SGML.

It works well in theory; I've finally got the output into our standard
template (and the forthcoming _DocBook: The Definitive Guide_
exercises it thoroughly).

However, it's SLOW!  S, L...   O......         

I know my DSSSL pretty well, but I don't have any formal computer
theory training.  I'm sure that someone else could spend some time
with my code and find a number of ways to tighten it up.

It wasn't bad until I added a lot of (node-list-filter)s to avoid
producing blank paragraphs when (e.g.) a list was the last thing
inside a paragraph.  I don't know a way to avoid the
(node-list-filter)s, but there may be a way to reduce the number of
times they're called.

Please contact me with proposals.

Thanks,
Chris

....... W.  Oh, it finally finished.  That's what it's like.
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