Exactly, i wasnt intending to suggest that you guys pick this work up. But this forum seems the best to maybe chat about it and even spin another group off. Plus there is lots of expertise out there and I may have missed a piece of software.
So it seems I have to either instigate another tool, or go the word style route. Thanks Paul. "Victor Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 27/09/2002 18:51:42 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Antwort: fo wysiwig editor Paul Hussein wrote: > Al I want is an editor that that works with FO only. I don't know of anything out there right now that does what you are looking for. FO is not intended to be an editable format, but rather an intermediate format. The advantage to using FO is that it can be created pretty easily (using XSLT) from semantic XML. If you don't need that advantage, but need a WYSIWIG editor and PDF output, and don't mind paying for it, I would recommend either Microsoft Word or Adobe FrameMaker. Word's limitations are well-known, and FrameMaker has two that were major for us -- lack of Unicode support, and some footnote problems. There are other page layout engines that can create PDF as well, some with XML integration -- Arbortext comes to mind, but I am much less familiar with their products. In the long run, I am hopeful that some method will be devised that will allow the FO document to be tied back to its original semantic XML document so that the semantic XML document could be reconstructed from the WYSIWIG-editable FO document (or area tree document). A user could open a document pointing to 1) the semantic XML document, and 2) the appropriate stylesheet, edit it in a WYSIWIG session, then save the underlying semantic XML and stylesheet documents. This would be the best of all worlds, but I do not even yet have a clear idea that it is feasible. I agree strongly with Rhett that there is quite a bit of work left to just get FOP's existing mission completed, but the great thing about open source is that no one can (or would want to) stop you from working on such a project if you wished. Victor Mote (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Enterprise Outfitters (www.outfitr.com) 2025 Eddington Way Colorado Springs, Colorado 80916 Voice 719-622-0650, Fax 720-293-0044 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
