Re: Seeking Comments on Status of Project

2002-02-06 Thread Ralph LaChance
At 07:31 AM 2/6/02 +0100, you wrote: I think that most people need some encouragement to take the plunge in murky waters and since so many seem to feel generous this week, allow me to toss my hat into the ring - we would be pleased to help out with the awt renderer and the print renderer --

RE: I cud display page 1 of N

2002-02-06 Thread Dudley . Butt
where r the faqs now? -Original Message- From: BRAHMA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I cud display page 1 of N Hi Louis and alex, Thanks for the help and from next time I'll check first in the

RE: Seeking Comments on Status of Project

2002-02-06 Thread Matthew L. Avizinis
OK, so how can I help? I am not what could be called by most standards a professionally competent Java programmer yet. However, I agree that documentation is lacking -- I noticed that many, or at least some, of the Help documents in the distribution have not been updated since 1999 (or if they

Re: Seeking Comments on Status of Project

2002-02-06 Thread Peter B. West
Matthew, Yes, we're all entitled to a little ranting now and then. So I'll rant a little, and end with a few practical suggestions. As to who's in charge: Arved is the man, but Arved has recently started a new job, so you can imagine what his current situation is. Nonetheless, he is

Re: Seeking Comments on Status of Project

2002-02-06 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Thursday 07 February 2002 03:57, Arved Sandstrom wrote: . . . If you do some code and want to see it added to the main or maintenance branches, then the onus is on one or more committers to explain why it's a bad idea, but there must be a good reason. . . . To make sure there is no

Re: Seeking Comments on Status of Project

2002-02-06 Thread Jeremias Maerki
To make sure there is no confusion about this, could someone clarify (once more I guess) what exactly the main and maintenance branches are, and how to get the source code for both of them? You get the main branch by getting the sources from CVS without a tag. The maintenance branch is

Understanding FOP [1]

2002-02-06 Thread Keiron Liddle
Welcome to the understanding series following Peter's suggestion. This will be a series of notes for developers to understand how FOP works. Questions should be asked. We (yes others too) will attempt to clarify the processes involved to go from xml(fo) to pdf or other formats. Some areas will