docbook: xml / xsl to pdf or ps or tex
Subject:
Re: xml / xsl to pdf or ps or tex
From:
"Michael Wiedmann" ####@####.####
Date:
23 Jul 2003 09:43:58 -0000
Message-Id: <3F1E58B1.5010301@detewe.de>
Alasdair Hatfield wrote:
> Does anyone have experience of getting good quality results going from xml to
> printable formats? I've picked up that .fo is a possible route but results
...
> If anyone has experience of any of these, and or other formats, I'd be
> interested to learn how they have done it.
I get _very_ good results (PDF) using the XSL stylesheets from the
DocBook2LaTeX project (http://db2latex.sf.net). We are currently working on
a large book (about 900+ pages) written in DocBook XML and generate PDF
using db2latex.
Of course not all DocBook tags are supported yet, but the developers are
usually very fast in implementing a wanted feature if they get emailed. If
one has good knowledge of LaTeX one can easily adapt/enhance/extend the
stylesheets in a custom layer for missing tags, etc.
Use the CVS version and not the 'official' end-user release!
Michael
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