On 24 May 2010 19:50, faenvie <fanny.aen...@gmx.de> wrote: > lately i had to implement a generator for a big catalog of > products and i used docbook for it, but that was not a > satisfying experience at all. docbook locks you into > its predefined document-structures and is difficult to > customize - i really hate this old fashioned xslt stuff. > i believe, that the amount of incidental complexity in my > application is unreasonably high because of docbook.
It adds some, but then again you gain when you can publish to multiple formats at the press of a button. > > The optimal solution for my purpose, which is focused > on print-output, would be a DSL to produce modular, > easy distributable, highly dynamic but not necessarily > interactive documents which can be formatted for office- > and www-compatibility. print and web? > > It should be possible to abstract over the DSL so that > end-user can easily author their documents by using > the abstraction. > > @tim being able to write a book like you describe, is > probably exactly what my product-catalog needs because > in the end its nothing more than a book combined of > static and dynamic contents. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk/litprog/ The example language happens not to be clojure. It could be with no change in syntax. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
