Hi Jan, see below...
2013/12/9 Jan Tosovsky <j.tosov...@email.cz>: > Dear All, > > I like the idea of FOP, i.e. open-source implementation of XSL-FO processor, > but I have to admit it is still not mature enough for my projects. > > A) For automated production of product documentation I miss mainly: > 1. support for change bars (used in the review cycle phase) - > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-1760 > 2. enhanced index generating (at least merging same pages into a single > item) > > B) For my hobby projects I require high quality typography so I miss: > 1. support for microtypography (protrusion, expansion) > 2. support for ligatures for non-english environments > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2093 > 3. ability to typeset on grid > > While (A) is now handled by commercial XSL-FO product, for (B) I switched to > TeX based solution (ConTeXt). None of these is ideal and I still believe one > day FOP will replace them in my workflow. But I am rather sad from recent > (in)activity. > > Is there any rough roadmap for next development? There is no roadmap for our FOP project. There is only a wiki page called "User Requests & Most Wanted Features" (see [1]), but it is quite old. That said, you can find in Jira [2] Improvement or New Feature requests, [PATCH] from users, etc. that can figure what is expected/realized. Since FOP team is a quite small one, *all* volunteers are welcome. See FOP dev general page [3] on how to contribute. > Btw, in the light of new approaches I am curious what is the future of > XSL-FO technology in general: > https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/201312/msg00019.html > > I hope FOP is not a next candidate for the abandonware list... FOP is definitively an active project, and the FOP community is always adding new features (in progress today: fo:inline-container support, fo:multi-switch support, OTF handling, etc.) > Regards, Jan [1] http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/MostWantedFeatures [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/ [3] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/dev/ -- pascal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
