Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
Cool, that would be great stuff. Let's hope your boss lets you off the leash. On 07.03.2005 23:57:50 J.Pietschmann wrote: > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > I was also thinking about something like > > "hidden treasures in the XML Graphics project" but I guess there's not > > so much meat on that bone to fill one hour. > > Well, there should be enough for an hour, at least in theory. > I couldn't convice (yet) my boss that I have an important mission > in Stuttgart in July. If I could, I'd probably talk about: > - Handling fonts in Java, why the AWT font and text rendering > subsystem is lame, and what FOP, Batik and perhaps others would > expect from an API. > - How to implement flowing text, line breaking and hyphenation > efficiently; why the Java BreakIterator and other parts of the Java > Unicode support sux0rs; what's behind TR14; Unicode normalization of > text before looking it up in a dictionary, and efficient implementation > of said dictionary for looking up all substrings in a word (using a > trie, a PATRICIA tree or whatever) > - Talk about the question why the algorithms aren't simply copied > from Gecko (the Mozilla layout engine) > > Now that the deadline has been extended, I'll attempt it again. > > J.Pietschmann Jeremias Maerki
Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
Jeremias Maerki wrote: I was also thinking about something like "hidden treasures in the XML Graphics project" but I guess there's not so much meat on that bone to fill one hour. Well, there should be enough for an hour, at least in theory. I couldn't convice (yet) my boss that I have an important mission in Stuttgart in July. If I could, I'd probably talk about: - Handling fonts in Java, why the AWT font and text rendering subsystem is lame, and what FOP, Batik and perhaps others would expect from an API. - How to implement flowing text, line breaking and hyphenation efficiently; why the Java BreakIterator and other parts of the Java Unicode support sux0rs; what's behind TR14; Unicode normalization of text before looking it up in a dictionary, and efficient implementation of said dictionary for looking up all substrings in a word (using a trie, a PATRICIA tree or whatever) - Talk about the question why the algorithms aren't simply copied from Gecko (the Mozilla layout engine) Now that the deadline has been extended, I'll attempt it again. J.Pietschmann
Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
Fantastic! I hope to be able to do the same someday. Glen --- Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI, I've just given myself a shove, followed > Bertrand's suggestion and > submitted a session proposal for ApacheCon. I feel > that our project > should be present there. I was also thinking about > something like > "hidden treasures in the XML Graphics project" but I > guess there's not > so much meat on that bone to fill one hour. > > > ApacheCon Europe 2005 CFP submission > > > > Submitter: Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Title: Apache FOP: Optimizing speed and memory > consumption > > Level: Experienced > > Style: > > Orientation: Developer > > Duration: 60 > > Categories: > > Abstract: > > > > Apache FOP is the most popular XSL-FO > implementation on the > > market. It is used in a wide variety of use cases > to create documents > > in PDF, PostScript and other formats. This session > will show a > > number of techniques to improve processing speed > and and hints on how > > to handle things like OutOfMemoryErrors. It will > also contain a > > short info block about the state and the future of > the project. > > > > > > On 12.02.2005 10:57:15 Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > Le 8 févr. 05, à 19:29, Jeremias Maerki a écrit : > > > > > Most of you will probably have heard that > ApacheCon Europe will be > > > happening in > > > July. I think it would be great if FOP would > somehow be visible there. > > > There's a call for participation ending > 2005-03-04. Any ideas? > > > > A recurring question in my consulting work is "is > FOP fast or what?" or > > more precisely "how to tune XSL-FO for FOP to run > efficiently", mostly > > in view of avoiding memory bottlenecks. > > > > Me, I'm not using FOP hands-on enough these days > to answer very > > precisely, I usually just tell them to test their > performance on large > > documents very regularly during development, to > avoid surprises. > > > > But maybe one of you FOP gurus could give a > presentation with more > > precise information about this? > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > -Bertrand > > > > Jeremias Maerki > >
Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
FYI, I've just given myself a shove, followed Bertrand's suggestion and submitted a session proposal for ApacheCon. I feel that our project should be present there. I was also thinking about something like "hidden treasures in the XML Graphics project" but I guess there's not so much meat on that bone to fill one hour. > ApacheCon Europe 2005 CFP submission > > Submitter: Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Title: Apache FOP: Optimizing speed and memory consumption > Level: Experienced > Style: > Orientation: Developer > Duration: 60 > Categories: > Abstract: > > Apache FOP is the most popular XSL-FO implementation on the > market. It is used in a wide variety of use cases to create documents > in PDF, PostScript and other formats. This session will show a > number of techniques to improve processing speed and and hints on how > to handle things like OutOfMemoryErrors. It will also contain a > short info block about the state and the future of the project. > On 12.02.2005 10:57:15 Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Le 8 févr. 05, à 19:29, Jeremias Maerki a écrit : > > > Most of you will probably have heard that ApacheCon Europe will be > > happening in > > July. I think it would be great if FOP would somehow be visible there. > > There's a call for participation ending 2005-03-04. Any ideas? > > A recurring question in my consulting work is "is FOP fast or what?" or > more precisely "how to tune XSL-FO for FOP to run efficiently", mostly > in view of avoiding memory bottlenecks. > > Me, I'm not using FOP hands-on enough these days to answer very > precisely, I usually just tell them to test their performance on large > documents very regularly during development, to avoid surprises. > > But maybe one of you FOP gurus could give a presentation with more > precise information about this? > > Just my 2 cents. > > -Bertrand Jeremias Maerki
Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
Le 8 févr. 05, à 19:29, Jeremias Maerki a écrit : Most of you will probably have heard that ApacheCon Europe will be happening in July. I think it would be great if FOP would somehow be visible there. There's a call for participation ending 2005-03-04. Any ideas? A recurring question in my consulting work is "is FOP fast or what?" or more precisely "how to tune XSL-FO for FOP to run efficiently", mostly in view of avoiding memory bottlenecks. Me, I'm not using FOP hands-on enough these days to answer very precisely, I usually just tell them to test their performance on large documents very regularly during development, to avoid surprises. But maybe one of you FOP gurus could give a presentation with more precise information about this? Just my 2 cents. -Bertrand smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: FOP at ApacheCon Europe 2005?
Jeremias Maerki schrieb: Most of you will probably have heard that ApacheCon Europe will be happening in July. I think it would be great if FOP would somehow be visible there. Yes, maybe a FOP BOF. There's a call for participation ending 2005-03-04. Any ideas? Who's planning to go to Stuttgart? I won't miss it! It would be cool to I'm not sure about the tutorials/sessions (quite a few €€€) but I'm absolutely planning to come to Stuttgart (it's less than 100 km from here) meet some of you there, especially those I haven't met personally or on the phone yet. Also, it might be a great opportunity for a little hackathon. and some drinks ;-) Christian
