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Re: db2latex
Peter Toft writes:
> Can you point me to a friendly guide for the the person
> (MEEEEE :-)))) who wants to which horses to XSLT/XSK
> FO - I have not tried any of these tools .... yet :)
you can choose between
FOP: java, changing constantly, getting better. a
typical open source non-stable project (thats not a criticism)
XEP: from RenderX, a slightly unusual small company who are really
interested in big contracts not individual sales. more stable,
more complete implementation, pretty good quality
PassiveTeX: uses TeX to render FO, so traditional TeX setup. good at
what it does, but incomplete coverage of the spec, and requires
specialized TeX knowledge to hack
Unicorn FO: uses TeX, with preprocessing. I havent tried it recently
Arbortext: I have never seen a copy
IBM: have something, I know no more
Antenna House: Windows application which uses Windows GDI. pretty
good commercial implementation, but free evaluation
summary: immature marketplace.
> LaTeX is IMHO the old work horse, which works nicely,
it works well within its limitations. its not hard to find a
typesetting specification which is *hard* to do in LaTeX
sebastian
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