Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([213.139.130.197]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:50:12 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h6EHoAcH018144 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:50:10 +0200 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6EHhnGl018833; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:49 +0200 (MET DST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C34A30.5FA46200" Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h6DM0BjL023915; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:06 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 1455 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:05 +0200 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h6EHh5M9002693 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:05 +0200 Received: from mail.npc.de (fw.npc.de [62.225.140.214]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6EHhMmp019291 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:23 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by mail.npc.de (Postfix, from userid 1014) id 2435D153D; Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:43:22 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20030711081704.A14039@diabolo.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <20030710081528.A12401@diabolo.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <78ADDA01-B2DC-11D7-8AE7-0050E4455404@atlis.com> <20030711081704.A14039@diabolo.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> Return-Path: X-Mailer: VM 7.04 under 21.4 (patch 8) "Honest Recruiter" XEmacs Lucid X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jul 2003 17:50:12.0757 (UTC) FILETIME=[6017E450:01C34A30] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -19.8 () IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: OT: ANT Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:43:21 +0100 Message-ID: A<16146.60345.852158.31606@pussy.npc.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: OT: ANT Thread-Index: AcNKMGA2K1mYglSmSc6cWqZ3AXrbqw== From: "Joachim Schrod" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4680 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34A30.5FA46200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>>> "AB" =3D=3D Achim Blumensath = writes: >> > BTW, I will not write an XML parser for ant. If someone wants such = a >> > thing they have to write it themselves. >> >> Am I missing something here? The ways for getting XML into TeX are >> legion, so I don't see why one of the extant solutions for TeX >> wouldn't work for Ant. AB> ant is not completely TeX compatible. Hence, the existing tools have = to AB> be adapted to produce ant code. But I agree that this would be the AB> easiest way to feed XML to ant (although a bit pointless, since the AB> output quality of TeX and ant are the same). I agree that this would be the easiest way. But not necessarily the most interesting. There is also the possibility of experimenting with new innovative approaches to style sheets, given by modular XML processors like PXP and modular typesetting engines like ant. AB> I made the above remark since I got the impression that the AB> original poster thought I planned to make XML the default input AB> format for ant. No, I didn't want to imply that. I wrote that I'm playing with the thought of doing this work in-house in my company. The expertise is available since Gerd Stolpmann, PXP's author, works for me. As so often, this depends on time availability since I don't want to take ressources away from other Open Source projects we're doing. Cheers, Joachim -- =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany ``How do we persuade new users that spreading fonts across the = page like peanut butter across hot toast is not necessarily the route = to typographic excellence?'' -- Peter Flynn ------_=_NextPart_001_01C34A30.5FA46200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: OT: ANT

>>>>> "AB" =3D=3D Achim = Blumensath <blume@I7.INFORMATIK.RWTH-AACHEN.DE> writes:

>> > BTW, I will not write an XML parser for = ant. If someone wants such a
>> > thing they have to write it = themselves.
>>
>> Am I missing something here? The ways for = getting XML into TeX are
>> legion, so I don't see why one of the extant = solutions for TeX
>> wouldn't work for Ant.

AB> ant is not completely TeX compatible. Hence, = the existing tools have to
AB> be adapted to produce ant code. But I agree = that this would be the
AB> easiest way to feed XML to ant (although a bit = pointless, since the
AB> output quality of TeX and ant are the = same).

I agree that this would be the easiest way.

But not necessarily the most interesting. There is = also the
possibility of experimenting with new innovative = approaches to style
sheets, given by modular XML processors like PXP and = modular
typesetting engines like ant.

AB> I made the above remark since I got the = impression that the
AB> original poster thought I planned to make XML = the default input
AB> format for ant.

No, I didn't want to imply that. I wrote that I'm = playing with the
thought of doing this work in-house in my company. = The expertise is
available since Gerd Stolpmann, PXP's author, works = for me. As so
often, this depends on time availability since I = don't want to take
ressources away from other Open Source projects we're = doing.

Cheers,
        = Joachim

--
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Joachim = Schrod           &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;          Email: = jschrod@acm.org
Roedermark, Germany

        ``How do we = persuade new users that spreading fonts across the page
        like = peanut butter across hot toast is not necessarily the route to
        = typographic = excellence?''          =              = -- Peter Flynn

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