scrollkeeper-devel

[Scrollkeeper-devel] move to libxml2

[<las...@Su...>]

Hello,

I moved Scrollkeeper to libxml2, changes are in the CVS. It depends on
the latest libxml2, this is 2.3.8. It also depends on libxslt as I added
the new XSL stylesheet based TOC extraction. libxml2 version 2.3.8
contains a DocBook SGML parser that creates a DOM tree from an SGML
document. This is very useful in order to apply XSL stylesheets to SGML
docs (although it generates error messages if the source document is not
good quality DocBook SGML). 

Scrollkeeper right now support DocBook SGML and DocBook XML documents in
the same way.

This is in CVS HEAD only at the moment, but a new release will be coming
out soon.

Laszlo

Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] move to libxml2

[Norman W. <nd...@nw...>]

/ László Kovács <las...@Su...> was heard to say:
| the new XSL stylesheet based TOC extraction. libxml2 version 2.3.8
| contains a DocBook SGML parser that creates a DOM tree from an SGML
| document.

From any SGML document, or just a DocBook document? How general is this?
Does it support tag omission, etc.?

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] move to libxml2

[<las...@Su...>]

Norman Walsh wrote:
> =

> / L=E1szl=F3 Kov=E1cs <las...@Su...> was heard to say:
> | the new XSL stylesheet based TOC extraction. libxml2 version 2.3.8
> | contains a DocBook SGML parser that creates a DOM tree from an SGML
> | document.
> =

> From any SGML document, or just a DocBook document? How general is this=
?
> Does it support tag omission, etc.?
> =

>                                         Be seeing you,

DocBook only. And I wouldnt think it is bug free. After using it for 2-3
days I have submitted about 3-4 patches about tags not being handled
correctly. Also the encoding detection is a major problem. It doesnt
seem to be possible for DocBook SGML files. I think the DcoBook SGML
parser is just an intermediary solution, people would be expected to use
DocBook XML for docs, not DocBook SGML.

Laszlo