Subject: Re: Switching to XML
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: David Blewett <david@dawninglight.net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:21:21 -0800
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On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 13:10 -0500, David Blewett wrote:
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> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Right.  So using the XSL(T) stylesheet instead of the DSSSL stylesheet would 
> > be a step in the right direction.  Actually the 8.2 branch currently only has 
> > an XSLT stylesheet for HTML output.  In 8.3devel I've added one for XSL-FO 
> > output, which you can invoke by "make postgres-{A4|US}.fo".  (You will 
> > probably want yet a different paper format for your book.)
> 
> Excuse my ignorance, but I thought XSLT stylesheets can only be used
> on XML files?

AFAIK they can only be used on XML files, but you can get XML from the
postgresql sgml sources by using make postgres.xml .

Of course your changes that you make from release to release for volumes
won't be permanent and we will continue to waste time because people
have an odd affection for SGML like it was some kind of pet dog.

Joshua D. Drake


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