Joel de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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.

Why is the installation of a complicated and slow toolchain the right
problem to be solving?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com



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