>>>>> "AB" == Achim Blumensath <[log in to unmask]> 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 -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joachim Schrod Email: [log in to unmask] 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