Subject: Re: Lout backend From: Stephan V Bechtolsheim <svbechtolsheim@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:59:08 -0800 (PST) |
What is the advantage of having a lout backend compared to other backends? Wouldn't it make sense to improve existing backends instead of starting a new backend? Just asking ..... StvB --- Jean-Baptiste Nivoit <jean-baptiste.nivoit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > i just wanted to say that i have a Lout back-end in the works for Jade, > with > an accompanying lout macro package, it already works satisfactorily on simple > documents (the FreeBSD FAQ and some of the gnome documentation were rendered > successfully enough to be readable, after having had the lout output > processed > into > PostScript). I think i read somewhere that people were having trouble with > how > > to implement inherited characteristics in the Lout language: the solution i > propose is > to use a named (in lout parlance) parameter that defaults to the value of the > named > parameter of the same name in the englobing scope, for instance (for people > familiar > with the lout syntax): > > def @DummyFO > named @DummyIC {@DummyIC } > { > ... > } > > Anyways, that code was written on a jade 1.2 tree, so i need to clean it up a > bit and > report it to the latest version before publishing a patch (BTW, anyone knows > what the > appriopriate way to submit patches for jade is?). The lout macro package > (which > basically declares a macro for each supported flow object class...) is far > from complete, > it barely scratches the surface of what needs to be done. > > So if anyone is interested, tell me.. > > jb (just thought some people might have an interest in this...). > > > > DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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