On 04/02/2013 04:42 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
Currently the converter chain for DocBook -> PDF (ps2pdf) is the following:
docbook -> DVI
DVI -> Postscript
Postscript -> PDF (ps2pdf)
The converter for docbook -> DVI is: sgmltools -b dvi $$i
sgmltools has a backend for postscript also. Is there any disadvantage
to having the following as the converter?
sgmltools -b ps $$i
That would obviate the (at least, external) dvi to ps conversion.
If the ps backend should be supported, I assume that it should be
added in addition to, and not instead of, the dvi converter?
The docbook stuff is pretty old, and it may be that sgmltools didn't
have the ps backend last time anyone looked at this. I don't know.
Perhaps José will tell us.
But yes: If we want to support the ps route, we add it, so people can
still export DVI if they want to do that.
Richard
