Subject: RE: ... From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 13:54:46 -0400 |
Hi Chris, Let's get more precise. Both James extension to DSSSL and Tony's library do support forms. However, Tony's library is easier to use, more readable and look like if you had new FO. See for yourself: (make element gi: "form" ....) (make form ....) The latter is like is you where using a DSSSL FO except that instead you are using a HTML object. So Tony's library has a lot of advantages compared to native James's extensions (in that context of course). And to be still more precise, DSSSL native FOs do not include forms. Conclusion: Tony's library is useful in the sense that it creates a new DSSSL objects collections that look like the original DSSSL object or at least are included in a DSSSL script as would be DSSSL native FO objects. regards Didier PH Martin mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netfolder.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Maden Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 12:26 PM To: dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ... [Didier PH Martin] > You can also use Tony's library and HTML formatting object which are > obviouly mapped to HTML objects. This library is quite powerful > because it compensate for DSSSL weakness such as support for forms. In what sense is that true? Tony's library maps (make HTML-element-name ...) into (make element gi: "HTML-element-name" ...) As far as I can tell, they support forms equally well as each other. One is James's extension to support element generation, and one is Tony's library to make HTML element generation easier. Where does support specifically for forms come into either, especially into Tony's but not James's? -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek> DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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