[docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO

2012-05-09 Thread Carlos Araya
The people at lxml-dev will only get half the conversation but here it goes. XSL-FO is as complete as it needs to be, for the domain it is used in. People who have been in the standard bodies can confirm or deny this but I believe that FO was not meant for book publishing but to be used in conjunc

[docbook-apps] So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-09 Thread Robin Lee Powell
On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:34:25AM -0700, Carlos Araya wrote: > The people at lxml-dev will only get half the conversation but > here it goes. > > XSL-FO is as complete as it needs to be, for the domain it is used > in. People who have been in the standard bodies can confirm or > deny this but I b

Re: [docbook-apps] So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-09 Thread Richard Hamilton
Robin, On May 9, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 11:34:25AM -0700, Carlos Araya wrote: >> The people at lxml-dev will only get half the conversation but >> here it goes. >> >> XSL-FO is as complete as it needs to be, for the domain it is used >> in. People wh

[docbook-apps] Re: So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-09 Thread Carlos Araya
Robin: When I expressed my opinion of FO being as complete as it needed to be perhaps I should have clarified a few things. Is Docbook a viable way to publish book-based content. Yes, it is Is it as complete as it need to be for me to consider it a full-fledged book publishing tool. No, and h

Re: [docbook-apps] So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-11 Thread Tony Graham
On Thu, May 10, 2012 10:43 pm, Nic Gibson wrote: > On 10 May 2012, at 13:18, Tony Graham wrote: ... >> Developing software requires time and/or money (to fund the time). Open >> source software depends on people having the itch to solve that >> particular >> problem, not having more important clai

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-09 Thread Nic Gibson
On 10 May 2012, at 01:22, Carlos Araya wrote: > Robin: > > When I expressed my opinion of FO being as complete as it needed to be > perhaps I should have clarified a few things. > > Is Docbook a viable way to publish book-based content. Yes, it is > > Is it as complete as it need to be for m

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-10 Thread Tony Graham
On Thu, May 10, 2012 6:32 am, Nic Gibson wrote: > On 10 May 2012, at 01:22, Carlos Araya wrote: > >> Robin: >> >> When I expressed my opinion of FO being as complete as it needed to be >> perhaps I should have clarified a few things. >> >> Is Docbook a viable way to publish book-based content. Yes,