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diff --git a/doc/building-ng.txt b/doc/building-ng.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0c9d5027a..000000000 --- a/doc/building-ng.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ --------------------------------------------- -Build Scripts NG for Debian Installer Manual --------------------------------------------- - -===================================================================== -The development of the db2latex solution has completely stalled and -therefore been deleted from the repository. The last version is still -available from: -svn://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/tags/manual/20060102 -===================================================================== - - -NG == 'new-generation' - -The NG scripts are the extremely experimental version of the original -build scripts for the Debian Installer Manual. - -The main purpose for NG is to be able to generate print-ready -documentation in non-latin-based languages, like Russian, Japanese, -Greek etc. The ultimate goal could be creating a common base for -generating good-looking print documentation from DocBook using only free -(as in 'DFSG-free') software. - -**** -WARNING: -THIS IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL. USE IT ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! -**** - -The main change consists in scrapping OpenJade and JadeTeX and moving to -using DB2LaTeX, which should be a more flexible solution anyway. Other -possible solutions like XSL:FO are not yet feasible, as all the -renderers are either proprietary or written in Java. - -The necessary parts of the package are: -- build_ng.sh -- buildone_ng.sh -- templates/driver.xsl.template -- stylesheets/style-pdf.xsl -- stylesheets/lang-drivers/ -- stylesheets/db2latex/ - -The last directory contains the current db2latex distribution. The main -reason for putting it here is the need to implement some features not -yet available through the upstream version. As soon as they are stable, -they will eventually get integrated into the main db2latex package and -removed from the SVN. - -Currently, not everything works as expected. The biggest problem is -getting the tables right - current db2latex does not support the -morerows property, which is actually quite useful. A patch needs to get -written to support that, but I currently lack the necessary time to -learn XSL to the extend needed and implement the changes. Thus, the -project is currently in pre-alpha state, so don't expect usable results -right now. - -Nikolai Prokoschenko (nikolai at prokoschenko dot de) |