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Re: docbook xml - paper based outputs?
- To: Gershon L Joseph <gershon at mainsoft dot com>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: docbook xml - paper based outputs?
- From: Jeffrey Franks <jfranks at quik dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:34:57 -0500
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Organization: MotifTools.org
- References: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0107251456591.928-100000@gershon-lt>
Gershon L Joseph wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
> > My belief is that there is no reliable, mature, easy-to-use product to
> > make PDF from Docbook. The nearest might be the Framemaker route,
> > perhaps via DSSSL, I suspect, but even that is a vale full of tears.
> >
> > face it, getting high-quality typesetting remains hard.
>
> Unless you're using Arbortext Epic Publisher, which gives you top-quality
> DocBook-based publishing. Epic uses FOSI stylesheets. I've used Epic (and
> its predecessor Adept) at several companies since I started doing
> XML/SGML based authoring. On projects that can't afford Epic, I use
> (Open)Jade for print and PDF output.
>
> Also, Epic is really good with outputing tables. You also have other
> page layout features not yet supported by Jade or the FO routes. Some of
> the FOSI features will probably never be supported by Jade or FO (though I
> think the DSSSL standard does deal with all of them)
>
> Alright, I'll get off the podium now.
>
> <disclaimer>I don't work for Arbortext. I'm just a satisfied customer.</>
>
What do you use for your Linux machine?
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