Subject: Re: Generating high-level formatting output From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 12 Jun 1999 13:16:19 -0400 |
Norman Gray <norman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > A better way, and one I might return to if I decide we need 'roff output, > would be to do the `print formatting' step as a transformation from > the document DTD to some DTD oriented towards high-level formatting, > then further transform that to LaTeX, 'roff, or whatever using a simple > transforming step which, because it wouldn't have to do any rearrangement > or numbering or anything clever, would be a doddle to write (maybe > even awk would be enough!). > > The output DTD could be something simple like: > > <div level="1"><title>Section title</title> > <para>Here is some <span type="emph">emphasised</span> text. > </div> > > with obvious edits to turn it into LaTeX or 'roff. Does anyone know > if such a DTD already exists? Have you seen IBM's TeXML? I don't know if it's appropriate. Personally, I think it would be wiser to go from SGML -> TeX, and skip LaTeX altogther. That's because LaTeX has it's own ideas on how to format stuff, whereas with the low-level TeX you'd have more control and more robustness (fewer TeX infrastructure slings-and-arrows, such as Babel breaking everything). -- .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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