2010/7/27 Andrei Ionescu <[email protected]>: >>> Thanks Andrei for the clarification. Do you know what was the >>> modification and why it was not included in DBF itself? >> >> Sorry, the answer to the first question is in the site you mentioned: >> >> <snip> >> Upgraded to Apache FOP v0.95 (this version supports soft page breaks) >> Upgraded to Docbook XLS v1.75.0 (this version supports syntax >> highlighting) >> Includes XSLTHL syntax highlighter version 2.0.1 >> </snip> >> >> However I still cannot imagine why it was not included in DBF. > > Maybe nobody with commit rights had the time for this? :). > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DBF-13 > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DBF-11 > > If you look into the Velocity JIRA there are also some requests > (not assigned :( ), to use/improve this project: > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DBF-12 > -> this would make DBF rock since Deja Vu is a fantastic and much faster > alternative to PDF. > > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DBF-8 > -> the last comment from Joseph makes much more sense to me too.
These are all feature request, with no patch. It seems that no one with commit rights is even interested in developing it. > And also I think this should be done, since DocBook is *the format* > for technical documentation(and even books): > - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VELOCITY-769 Why? Doxia can generate books from a variety of documents, including xdoc and Simplified Docbook. It's only a matter of configuration. Antonio --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
