Rob looking at the csp internals for DocBook the way they have addressed the transform is to write a series of classes that are fired by the formatting tags - these render the content with the right HTML tags
so their transform is "hardwired" to CSP/HTML where as a more general transform would be your XSL-FO BTW I guess you could get the DOCBOOK and transform it through your XSL-FO and produce a hard copy PDF manual Maybe make a few bob?? And I definatly think XSL-FO has mileage - when I looked at it using non-Cache components the performace was a bomb - guess that eXtc addresses this - or at least the transform part you still have FOP crunching away do you know of any windows native components that do the same thing? Java seems to always have a large overhead Peter On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 09:49:21 +0100, Rob Tweed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Peter > >I'm not sure how wedded you are to DocBook, but an alternative (and >not necessarily mutually exclusive by the way), would be to use >XSL-FO, which can then be transcoded (eg using XSL) into all sorts of >formats. One output option from XSL-FO is PDF, which of course is >ideal for documentation. > >As a starting point, have a look at www.mgateway.com/eXtcFOP3_0.pdf - >this gives pointers to the XSL-FO standard and contains numerous >examples. > >On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:15:36 +0100, "Peter Lowndes" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi >>I am about to write documentation for a large piece of Cache application >>software - about 500 menu options. What would be involved in projecting the >>data to Word or InDesign as a printed manual, how about viewing it on-line >>on browser or character terminal? I would be very interested in how others >>have tackled this - standards, structure, screen shots, updates etc. Where >>can I get tools to write it in DocBook format or other recommended systems? >> >>Regards >>Peter Lowndes >>Safewire.net Ltd >> > >--- >Rob Tweed >M/Gateway Developments Ltd > >Global DOMination with eXtc : http://www.mgateway.tzo.com >---
