Howdy, On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26.02.2008 12:39:22 Vincent Hennebert wrote: > > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > Clay removed the XML file to work around a problem in Forrest in 2004. > The > > > stylesheets are indeed obsolete if the original file is deleted. You > > > should change the ihtml if you need to do any changes. > > > > What was the problem? > > Please look in the archives or wait until Clay can answer. I don't > really remember.
The compliance transformation stylesheets were broken, we needed a mechanism to add information. The .ihtml document essentially gets passed through Forrest so you can easily edit the file with an HTML editor (WYSIWYG if you prefer!). > > Any chance that it could work with Forrest 0.8? If > > yes, would it make sense to restore the xml file? If no, can we remove > > the stylesheets? Why ihtml and not simply html? > > I'd prefer working off the XML file but porting back all the changes > into the XML since 2004 is going to be hard work! I think of it as 'it would be nice' but it'll take a lot of work for IMHO not that much of a gain. > > That allows me to jump to the next subject: Clay, have you had any > > chance to make progress on the transition to Forrest 0.8? If not (which > > is ok), could you commit you current changes to a branch, so that other > > people can take over the work? Thanks! > > > > Also, what's the status of plugging FOP Trunk into Forrest? From what > > I could find in the Forrest archive it looks like it's almost done. Will > > it be available in Forrest 0.8? > > It's done. Everyone is happy. People from more than three projects were > involved to make this happen (XML Graphics, Cocoon, Forrest). Ferdinand > Soethe tells me there are some problems with 0.8 but trunk seems to work > just fine now. Since we've used the 0.7 branch until now, we could just > as well define that we use a particular trunk revision for the time > being. I have FOP built off of 0.8, but I have issues with the links to the generated files like release notes, changes, etc.[1] (any ideas about those links?). In addition I need to redo my refactoring of the web site[2]. That shouldn't take long, as I think I've got a pretty clear direction. As for Forrest:Views, I've spent some time trying to get forrest:views to work, but it was largely unsuccessful. I don't believe it was ever finished, and I believe they're moving on to using a new system for managing 'themes' in the upcoming Forrest 0.90 release http://forrest.apache.org/pluginDocs/plugins_0_80/org.apache.forrest.plugin.internal.dispatcher/index.html. In any event, I think I'll focus on making the site more usable. I'll use the ideas in the Refactoring website (was Re: Next release - when?) thread as a guide. [1] (search for 'forrest.validate.xdocs.excludes') for the issues... http://people.apache.org/~clay/fop_refactored/ [2] http://www.nabble.com/Next-release---when--td14738961.html Regards, The Web Maestro -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <http://homepage.mac.com/webmaestro/> My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. - HH The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
