Re: Production notes (Tables and Document Fragment)

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxx>]

[Antoine Perier]
> Testing jade and some *ML/*SL couples for database publishing
> purpose, I have some questions related to the actual/future
> orientation of this very good tool.
> 
> What is the status of the HTMLTBL.DSL stylesheet written by Chris
> Maden:

The status is that it's sitting on my Web page, and some day I may
fiddle with it if I feel like it.

I have a patch from Jon Bosak that downcases all of the element names,
and James Clark has pointed out that I am misusing (display-size).
Since I don't actually use this stylesheet myself, I'll fix this when
I get around to it.  Anyone else who wants to fix it is welcome to do
so.

>    - HTML 4 DTD for tables is still the DTD that will be supported
> by XML applications ?

The point of XML is the ability to define and use one's own markup.
That means HTML 4 tables, CALS tables, HTML+ tables, ArborText tables,
SoftQuad tables, or your own, more semantic table markup.

>    - Is the stylesheet will be enhance for better support for
> printing long tables (unbreakable TBODY) ?

Not by me.

>    - RTF does not support real TFOOT like FrameMaker (will Microsoft
> support that in the future ?)

Beats me.  It's possible.

> Another issue in database publishing tasks. A fragment of document
> can be produced by jade and managed by the software (like
> Winword). In that case we lost the autonumbering facilities or the
> capacity to generate a table of content with the software. Does
> someone have an idea ?

If you use Jade's extension to note a heading-level on a paragraph,
you will be able to build a table of contents in MS Word.

-Chris
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