On 21.2.2012 16:34, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Please do not forget that adding features means adding one or more > non-regression tests per feature and also writing some documentation. > All this may represent too much work for us, XMLmind. That's why, from > now on, we cannot guarantee anymore that the next version of ditac will > be functionnally superior or equal to your custom version of ditac. That > is, this morning, I spoke too hastily. Sorry for that.
Hi Hussein, no worries, I was aware from the start that I can end up
using forked version of ditac on the project. However I would like to
keep changes to minimum so future upgrade to more recent versions of
ditac will be possible without too much work.
Speaking of customizing title-page I probably could just override
customTitlePage template without making changes inside ditac XSLTs.
> PS: We are impressed by the speed at which you took control of ditac.
> (Yes, this is fast, even for an XML expert like you.) For us, this is
> very rewarding because it implies that the design of ditac (complete
> separation between preprocessing and ``styling'') seems to be a good one.
Indeed. I have to say that ditac is easy to use and customize. I was
choosing between DITA-OT and ditac for this project. Main reasons for
choosing ditac were:
- easier to understood (ant build files in DITA-OT are quite complex
even for moderately experienced ant developer)
- based on XSLT 2.0 which is much more productive then XSLT 1.0
- out-of-the box support for PDF (you have to use plugins in DITA-OT)
and WebHelp (there are just half-working solutions or 3rd party
products) output
- more clean XSLT coding
- excellent email support even it is freebie :-)
Although decision to use ditac wasn't easy as DITA-OT is well-known
product and customer was using it on another project.
You made great job and I hope that ditac will become more popular DITA
processing tool.
Have a nice day,
Jirka
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