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Re: [xmlroff] What needs to be done to make xmlroff a success?
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From: Tony G. <Ton...@Su...> - 2006-02-10 09:54:53
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Tony Graham <Ton...@Su...> writes: > Tony Graham <Ton...@Su...> writes: > ... >> What needs to be done to make xmlroff a success? ... > I'm just looking for ideas at this point. > > - What would it take for xmlroff to become the first thing you load onto your > computer after the OS? > > - What would it take for you to junk your current word processor or > formatting system in favour of XSL-FO and xmlroff? > > - What would it take for xmlroff to be your tool of choice for formatting > XML? This is the last (hopefully) list before we act on some of these... - Implement... - Implement region-before, region-after, etc. - Implement markers - Implement hyphenation - Improve TrueType/OpenType support - Provide RPMs as well as SRPMs and .tar.gz downloads - Provide a Windows port - Provide a Debian port - Provide a Solaris port - Improve developer documentation - Improve end-user documentation - Rewrite in a more OO language - Rewrite in... - Rewrite in D - Rewrite in C++ - Keep it in C - Lose the reliance on GLib/GObject - Get rid of PangoXSL - Sack the maintainer - Put the statement of purpose on the xmlroff web page - Counteract outdated negative perceptions from when xmlroff used PDFlib - Be the best DocBook formatter on the planet - Support more graphics formats - Support PNG with alpha in PDF - Support TIFF with ICC colour profiles in PDF - Support SVG graphics - Produce output in... - Produce output in SVG - Document current graphic and output capabilities - Integrate with editors - Provide one-click formatting from within an editor - Provide a SWIG interface for use from scripting languages - Replace current JNI interface with SWIG - Make an Ant task for running xmlroff from Ant build files - Make it easier to add and run tests - Put a statement of purpose on the main web page - Replace the "Implementation Plan" page on the website Regards, Tony. |
