On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jeff Beal wrote: > XSL customization can be quite complicated in many ways. Basically, you > need to be the master of the source language (DocBook), the target language > (XSL-FO or HTML+CSS), the transformation language (XSLT), and the stylesheet > base (The XSLT stylesheets from the DocBook distribution). The Definitive > Guide covers the source language. Dave Pawson's book covers XSL-FO. > Between Bob Stayton's tutorial and the FO/HTML parameter references, the > "easy" customization methods for DocBook are pretty well covered. Again, > for sophisticated customization, you really need to have a good > understanding of XSLT itself, and Michael Kay's book is the best I've run > across.
i'm definitely starting to appreciate the amount of work i have ahead of me learning all of the different pieces. my local bookstore doesn't have kay's XSLT book, but i have doug tidwell's book from o'reilly, so that should hold me there. anyway, as i said, back to reading. good thing i don't have a life. rday
