Subject: Re: XSL FO competition From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:38:52 +0000 (GMT) |
keshlam@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > TeXML is now on alphaWorks. This is a tool that allows you to express TeX > markup in XML syntax and then translate it to the normal representation. It > could be used as the target of an XSL style which accepts FO's as input, > and thus -- combined with normal TeX processing -- might provide a path for > FOs to final rendering, albeit one that involves several additional stages. please do bear in mind the mildly horrendous experiences with using TeX as a backend to the Jade DSSSL processor. the process is somewhat similar, and eventually you end up mapping FO characteristics onto what TeX can do. the match is far from perfect, I promise you! JadeTeX's tables, for instance, are very far from correct. and as for boustrophedon.... [1] I can insult JadeTeX all I like, of course, since I own it :-} Sebastian [1] come on, guys - how many people in the world want to typeset boustrophedon? what uses it apart from some pre-classical Greek manuscripts? i have heard of any one trying to reproduce the Greek stuff in typeset material anyway. do some current writing systems work like this? XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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