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Re: Customizing DocBook
godoy@conectiva.com.br writes:
> > When did you last drink coca-cola, eat a hamburger, or a pre-made
> > pizza? were they the best food you could find?
>
> Hmmm... The situation a _little_ different here. Although they were
> not the best food I've eaten, they made their job: feeding me.
so fire up a web browser and hit the "print" button. the result is
readable/eatable, isn't it?
> DSSSL can't make a few things that are needed in many places (like
> placing a line on the top of a page with "Chapter X - XYZ page #"
> above it).
I don't see why not, actually. should be easy, I would expect. If I
could remember any DSSSL at all...
> I don't think it's a matter of changing some standard, it's "just"
> implementing it at it's full capacity. DSSSL is too complex,
> unfortunately, and hasn't been fully implemented yet...
which is why I, and others, have effectively abandoned it in favour of
XSL FO, in the hope that this *will* be fully implemented
sebastian