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



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