Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs

[Tristan Fiedler <fiedler at cshl dot edu>]

Hi Bob,

The comments came from the following file

docbook-xsl-1.66.1/doc/publishing.html

You mentioned that the statements are out of date.  Are XT, Xalan, and 
FOP currently recommended then?

Cheers,

Tristan
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Tristan J. Fiedler
Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
On Nov 2, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:

> Hi Tristan,
> Where did you see those comments about Xalan not being recommended and
> PassiveTeX being recommended over FOP?  None of those words are in the
> README in the 1.66.1 distribution that I can see.  The Both of those
> statements are out of date, so I would like to clean them up.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tristan Fiedler" <fiedler@cshl.edu>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:11 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] DocBook on OSX : XSLT & XSL FO programs
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am new to DocBook / XML, and wanted to get the current
> > recommendations (ease of installation, supports most features, etc. )
> > for free software for processing DocBook into HTML & PDF using Mac OSX
> > 10.3.5.  Since the entire pipeline may migrate to a linux box
> > eventually, I am leaning toward Java app's (Saxon & FOP).
> >
> > XSLT Processors : xsltproc, Saxon, Xalan (not recommended in the
> > DocBook XSL 1.66 ReadMe)
> > FO Processors : Passive Tex (recommended over FOP in the DocBook XSL
> > 1.66 ReadMe)
> >
> > If the Mac OS X users wish to contact me directly, I would be most
> > appreciative and will post a summary.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tristan
> > ------------------------------
> > Tristan J. Fiedler
> > Postdoctoral Fellow - Stein Lab
> > Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory