[xmlroff] Texinfo-XML-to-FO stylesheet?

[Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven]

-On [20070716 13:51], Tony Graham (Tony.Graham at MenteithConsulting.com) wrote:
>It left me wondering why he didn't use docbook2x and why O'Reilly's
>editors don't use an XML editor that saves them being bothered by lack
>of whitespace between tags.

*grin*

Perhaps it was not that known back then.

>What is reST?

ReSTructured text. http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

Example:
  http://trac.akumaproject.org/browser/documentation/trunk/coding-style.rst
Result:
  http://www.akumaproject.org/documentation/coding-style.html
(Still need to fix up the stylesheet more.)

>I use info because I use Emacs, but these days the Texinfo can be
>translated into more than just .info files.

Ah ok.
Guess I am showing my vi(m) heritage then. ;)

>The idea for translating Texinfo XML to FO is more to bolster adoption
>of xmlroff than because I'm a fan of Texinfo: I've written two Emacs
>modes but never managed to write info files for them because I'd rather
>use XML (or, once upon a time, SGML).

I already have preliminary support in one of my Makefiles:

http://trac.akumaproject.org/browser/documentation/trunk/Makefile

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