Re: XSL FOs -> PDF using InDesign

["Chuck White" <chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back to an old discussion here, but I just got around to reading this
thread. Not everyone cranks out 50 million pages, and FOs aren't only for
those that do, nor is XML. I'm ignorant about SGML, but it seems like it was
designed for huge documentation projects. XML seems more about data, both
large and small repositories of it. My point here is that coming up with an
FO export plug-in for InDesign would be a wonderful thing, and my company
would seize upon it immediately (we don't currently have the resources to
develop such a thing ourselves). Even the InDesign-equivalent of something
like avenue.quark would be nice (assuming avenue.quark reaches its
potential). InDesign can read PageMaker and Quark documents, so it would
work as an overall translation device for us if FOs could be implemented. So
the issue of whether these kinds of programs handle massive page counts is
really moot, at least for us. After trying InDesign, I'm really not finding
any compelling reason to switch to it from Quark, but if FOs were added to
its export capabilities, we'd get multiple copies of it.

 
Chuck White
Creative Director
ADVANCE Recruitment Advertising, Inc.
chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.advancerecruitment.com
author of Internet Explorer 5 Developer's Guide, IDG Books
co-author Mastering XML, Sybex Books


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>From: "Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: KAREN_LEICHEL@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: Re:XSL FOs -> PDF using InDesign
>Date: Wed, Nov 3, 1999, 3:14 PM
>

>KAREN_LEICHEL@xxxxxxxx writes:
> > >because we do not have a jeep to hand.
> > 
> > Why not? I'm just suggesting that the full program with all the
> > bells and whistles isn't necessary for this use. Please let know me
> > if I'm wrong in this assumption, since I am new to XML. 
>
>and I have not even tried InDesign, so I am probably talking rubbish
>anyway. I just thought "someone is about to install a page formatter
>on my network, why don't I use it for my XML stuff".
>
>
> > very familiar. It doesn't allow enough pages for our documents.
>
>it has a limit on the number of pages???? in that case I won't even
>fire it up!
>
> > Of course, we have to break up books to run them in Arbortext
> > Publisher too. Or Frame, or Acrobat. But I can run as many
> > pages/frames as needed in PageStream or IADS.
>
>I confess that I met a limit of 65000 pages with TeX in an artificial
>test.
>
> > If you make enough in half a day to buy a Pentium II motherboard,
> > then you aren't a tech writer here.
>
>no, indeed. but if the technical authors in my institution asked for a
>better computer, on the grounds that they needed to run a page
>formatter which might help XML get into the system faster, I am sure I
>would have no difficulty getting that past my manager....
>
>Sebastian
>
>
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