QXP Renderer

[Tilo Lier <ti...@debilo.de>]

I started working on an Renderer to produce a QuarkXPress Document. I use a
XPress PlugIn (XTension) wich can read a special ASCII File to produce a
complete Document.

I want to know if there is interest on having such an Renderer in FOP?

Is there someone who wants to help?

As far as i can see it would be necessary to add some methods to some
classes in the "layout" package...

Any Feedback is welcome...

Tilo Lier

Re: QXP Renderer

[Chris Ryland <cp...@emsoftware.com>]

Yes, you can build absolute frames with Xtags, but you have to use a little
"trick" by using a "toe-hold" auto text flow on each master page (that may
well be empty other than a "next box" character to move on to the next
page).

Cheers!
Chris Ryland, President * Em Software, Inc. * www.emsoftware.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tilo Lier" <ti...@debilo.de>
To: <fo...@xml.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: QXP Renderer


> Chris--
>
> I know XTags well. As i can see XTags has some limetations in creating
> text/picture frames. XTags allows only the creation of frames in the flow
of
> objects. The XTension i would like to use is the DATAform XTension from
> www.gassenhuber.de ... They allow me to specify absolute coordinates for
> each frame i want to create.
>
> Please correct me if i'm wrong.
>
> I think XTags would also be a very fine alternative...
>
> Tilo
>
> PS:
>
> I'm german so excuse me to ask what an NFR. is???
>
>
> > Tilo--
> >
> > You also could try doing it using our Xtags XTension for XPress, which
lets
> > you build documents from the outside. (We'd be happy to give you an
NFR.)
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Chris Ryland, President * Em Software, Inc. * www.emsoftware.com
>
>
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Re: QXP Renderer

[Tilo Lier <ti...@debilo.de>]

Chris--

I know XTags well. As i can see XTags has some limetations in creating
text/picture frames. XTags allows only the creation of frames in the flow of
objects. The XTension i would like to use is the DATAform XTension from
www.gassenhuber.de ... They allow me to specify absolute coordinates for
each frame i want to create.

Please correct me if i'm wrong.

I think XTags would also be a very fine alternative...

Tilo

PS:

I'm german so excuse me to ask what an NFR. is???


> Tilo--
> 
> You also could try doing it using our Xtags XTension for XPress, which lets
> you build documents from the outside. (We'd be happy to give you an NFR.)
> 
> Cheers!
> Chris Ryland, President * Em Software, Inc. * www.emsoftware.com

Re: QXP Renderer

[Chris Ryland <cp...@emsoftware.com>]

Tilo--

You also could try doing it using our Xtags XTension for XPress, which lets
you build documents from the outside. (We'd be happy to give you an NFR.)

Cheers!
Chris Ryland, President * Em Software, Inc. * www.emsoftware.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tilo Lier" <ti...@debilo.de>
To: <fo...@xml.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:40 AM
Subject: QXP Renderer


> I started working on an Renderer to produce a QuarkXPress Document. I use
a
> XPress PlugIn (XTension) wich can read a special ASCII File to produce a
> complete Document.
>
> I want to know if there is interest on having such an Renderer in FOP?
>
> Is there someone who wants to help?
>
> As far as i can see it would be necessary to add some methods to some
> classes in the "layout" package...
>
> Any Feedback is welcome...
>
> Tilo Lier
>
>
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