Re: DocBook -> Texinfo (via DSSSL) Proof-of-Concept Demo

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

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On 23 Jul 1998, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> To: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
> Subject: Re: DocBook -> Texinfo (via DSSSL) Proof-of-Concept Demo
> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
> 
> Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com> writes:
> 
> > I didn't try to do any stripping out of whitespace.  But couldn't that
> > be done just using a function written in DSSSL?  (heh, it's Scheme,
> > mostly)
> 
> This completely ignores the purpose of DSSSL :-)
> 
> If you look at the DSSSL specs you'll find in the later half (chapter

Short question: where can I find the DSSL specs - until now I tried to
learn it by looking at the code - but it would be find to have some
specs ...

> 11?) the desription of the "output language".  The DSSSL itself should
> more or less be output format independent.  I.e., one should be able
> to use Norm's DSSSLs.  The work to be done is to get a Jade backend
> which maps the lowlevel stuff of the backend description to reasonable
> texinfo.  Forcing a string out really is only the last escape.
> 
> Since you've started writing it this way and I cannot provide anything
> similar I don't suggest to not use your code.  Rather I'd propose to
> not spend to much time on this one approach since it is a dead end.
> 
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