I don't know if it helps anyone but I've just found a solution to a
problem that has popped up from time to time on my machine when building
FOP. Sometimes, after building FOP, the only thing I would get after
invoking the FOP command-line was:
Exception in thread main
I've just run readme.fo (from the examples) through both 0.20.5 and CVS
HEAD, 20 times in 1 thread, to satisfy my curiosity. I don't want to
hide these numbers from you:
0.20.5 takes 6.3 seconds for that.
CVS HEAD took over 12 seconds at the beginning but spitting out lots of
debug messages.
Jeremias and Luca,
The code looks very good. I am impressed how all the details of the
stepping algorithm and the Knuth elements have been implemented by
you. I am also impressed by the strength of the stepping
algorithm. The more I turn it around, the stronger it seems to be.
I found two small
