Re: [xmlroff] Problems when invoking xmlroff

[Tony G. <Ton...@Su...>]

Giuseppe Greco wrote at 30 May 2003 19:31:37 +0200:
 > > Can you process xmlroff.fo from the xmlroff distribution?
 > 
 > Yes, I can process it without problems.

Good.

...
 > > The solution to your problem is to implement marker support.
 > > 
 > > Please file a bug report or enhancement request on SourForge about
 > > xmlroff not supporting markers.
 > 
 > OK, I'll do that...

Good.  (Not having to do it would be better, but registering your need
is still good.)

...
 > > In the interim, since xmlroff doesn't support markers, I regret that
 > > your output would not look as you expect anyway.
 > 
 > The problem is that I use the DocBook stylesheets, and customize them
 > is not so trivial...

But an identity stylesheet for post-processing the output .fo files
with:

   <xsl:template match="fo:marker"/>

is pretty easy.

 > Do you think xmlroff will be distributed as the standard FO processor
 > with GNOME just like xsltproc?

I wish.

I think that xmlroff has to prove its worth (and lose its dependence
on PDFlib) before becoming "standard", for any definition of "standard
FO processor".

Regards,


Tony Graham
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