[docbook-apps] FO processors

2009-06-06 Thread Tobias Anstett [k15t.com]
Hi, I don't know if this is a little bit off-topic. We are currently using Apache FOP and like to switch to a processor that is more powerful (e.g. auto-column size table handling). Currently I am investigating: - XSL Formatter (Antenna House) - XEP (RenderX) Do you know more processors worth

Re: [docbook-apps] FO processors

2009-06-06 Thread Thomas Schraitle
Hi Tobias, On Samstag, 6. Juni 2009, Tobias Anstett [k15t.com] wrote: We are currently using Apache FOP and like to switch to a processor that is more powerful (e.g. auto-column size table handling). Currently I am investigating: - XSL Formatter (Antenna House) - XEP (RenderX) Do you

RE: [docbook-apps] FO processors

2009-06-06 Thread David Cramer
We've used XEP for the past eight years or so and have been very happy with it. We also translate our docs into Japanese. While I'm not qualified to evaluate the Japanese output, I can say that our localization vendors have been satisfied with the results. It wouldn't surprise me if Antenna

[docbook-apps] Formatting chapter and section titles

2009-06-06 Thread Erik Leunissen
Hello all, I've got a few questions regarding the formatting and lay-out of chapter and section titles. Thanks in advance for any help/advice. Erik Leunissen -- 1. How can I suppress a trailing dot in automatic component/section labels? This parameter in a customization layer:

Re: [docbook-apps] Formatting chapter and section titles

2009-06-06 Thread Erik Leunissen
Erik Leunissen wrote the following inaccurate statement: Observed effect: --- Chapter 3. Getting started + + + This is the first paragraph of chapter 3. Bla, bla ... and bla and bla, ... + + + 3.1. First section in

Re: [docbook-apps] FO processors

2009-06-06 Thread Keith Fahlgren
O'Reilly uses Antenna House. The initial use case (a number of years ago) demanded maximum speed, which favored AH over XEP (at the time). We've been generally happy with AH, so we haven't re-evaluated. I suspect you'd be happy with either, but your choice may depend on language support or other

Re: [docbook-apps] FO processors

2009-06-06 Thread Tobias Anstett [k15t.com]
Thanks a lot for the input so far :-) I will integrate both of them into our product and do some benchmarking. From the architectural point of view XEP fits best, because we are developing purely in Java and serving customers using a lot of different systems. Cheers, Tobias On Sat, Jun 6, 2009