[PATCH xorg-docs 2/2] Replace XMLTO with XSLTPROC, XMLLINT and W3M tools

Dan Nicholson dbn.lists at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 14:25:33 PDT 2011


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> wrote:
> Xmlto is a script that selects the appropriate back-end
> based on options and tools availability.
>
> Xmlto uses an xsl "fragment" which is not compatible with
> the standard use of xsl stylesheets. The customization for
> xhtml and fo cannot be used with xsltproc in that context.
> It makes adoption of docbook features like olink and profiling
> significantly more difficult.

If you pass -x to xmlto instead of -m, you can use a full stylesheet
instead of a fragment. Moving to xsltproc means you have to duplicate
the internal smarts of xmlto.

--
Dan


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