On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 01:35, Graham Wilson wrote: > > - FO -> DVI using xmltex. One might think that this should work the > > same as FO -> PDF, but this is not the case. It works with toy "sample" > > documents, but not with longer and more complex ones. > > the only docbook construct know to cause problems is the <itemizedlist> > tag, and fabien is working on this. Okay, I checked again and that seems true now. I remember that certain formatting tags inside <title> tags caused errors too, but that seems to be fixed now. > > Now to xmlto. xmlto (should) automate this entire process by calling > > the appropriate helpers, > > it does this. Right. > > > deleting temp files etc. > > what temporary files does it leave around? It deletes temporaries just fine. I didn't say *that* didn't work. > > It uses a hack to respect /etc/papersize, > > if you have a better solution i would like to hear about it. i > implemented what i thought was best. it works. > > > but entities like — or even more important ones such as ä > > do not work. > > no bug reports have been filed. how do you expect me to fix these > problems? Is filed now as #183744. Aaron Isotton [ http://www.isotton.com ] -- My GPG public key: 64B3 080D 8D00 15A6 CA56 C8FF 9B61 CF29 F55B 1F2A THEGODDESSOFTHENETHASTWISTINGFINGERSANDHERVOICEISLIKEAJAVELININTHENIGHTDUDE
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