RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Docbook/XML, done with Java

[Matt Reynolds <mreynolds at pdxinc dot com>]

On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 14:03, Michael Cortez wrote:
> Although I'm using Saxon, I've found it to be much faster then Xalan.  Using
> FOP for PDF output, but it's kind of "broken" in a few places (like tables.)

I'm not too attached to parsers/processors at the moment, so I'll give
anything a shot.  I just want it to work ONCE. :)
 
> The only "real" problem I've had, is that when processing big documents
> (>2mb) the Java tools consume HUGE amounts of memory.  In fact I have to
> increase the max heap allowed for the JVM to 512mb to do my PDFs.

Not a problem. We've got plenty of memory and our documents are
relatively small at the moment, but I'll keep this in mind.

> Right now, I'm not using ANT, but just a series of Batch files to "automate"
> the build process for a approx 1000 pages of content (DnD/d20 anyone?)

Ok. Integration into Ant isn't a big requirement at the moment, but it's
my preferred tool for building anything at the moment, sooooo....

Thank you again,
Matt