James Mansion wrote: >> One big advantage of a formal syntax is that we are >> able to analyze the syntax in a high level. > > I really like this, but I wish that the implementation > created a formal AST and then used a visitor or similar. > > It might then be possible to add alternate back ends > that don't require the use of XSLT. I confess that I'm > finding getting a working docbook chain put together > challenging. :-( > > So tempting to change it to generate the style of HTMLDOC > directly, for example.
Wouldn't this (AST generation + backend) be solving the wrong problem? I think the problem is the need for an easy to use installer that will put together a working tool chain. Rene did some work on that. It would be good if someone brings this to a good conclusion. > BTW I really appreciate having something which supports > shorthand for things that would otherwise need XML that > can also diagnose syntax errors. Could you please elaborate? Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
