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RE: FO, FOP and PDF
- From: Gisbert Amm <gia at webde-ag dot de>
- To: 'Steinar Bang' <sb at dod dot no>, docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:21:40 +0100
- Subject: RE: FO, FOP and PDF
> > If FOP is still too immature, can anyone recommend another
> > Docbook->something->PDF generator that is redistributable? (We're
> > hoping to avoid TeX and C++.)
>
> Off the top of my head, I know of the following ways to transform
> DocBook XML into PDF, with open source/free/semi-free software:
>
> - Transform into XSL:FO, and then use one of the following to create
> PDF from the XSL:FO
> - FOP
> http://xml.apache.org/fop/
> - PassiveTeX (TeX based)
> http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Software/passivetex/
> - xmlroff (written in C. Based on Gnome libraries)
> http://xmlroff.sourceforge.net/
> - Use the DocBook SGML DSSSL style sheets, and jade/openjade,
> followed by TeX
> - Transform into RTF, by one of the following, and then use AbiWord
> or OpenOffice to create the PDF:
> - JFOR (Java)
> http://www.jfor.org/
> - XmlMind FO Converter (Java, free for personal use)
> http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/
> - DocBook SGML DSSSL style sheets and jade/openjade
> - Use DocBookInConTeXt (TeX. Takes DocBook XML source as input)
> http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/
> - Use the DB2LaTeX XSL stylesheets, and process with LaTeX
> http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/
> - Use doctranformer (written in Java) to transform DocBook XML into
> LaTeX or lout for processing into PDF
> http://doctransformer.sourceforge.net/
>
> Did I miss any?
>
You can produce a single HTML file and convert it with htmldoc to
PDF(http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/). There is a "sourcecode version"
available under GPL.
Regards
Gisbert Amm