Considering XSL-FO as a graphics file format

Hi,

I am working on a DocBook project that has several literal
layouts.  They
are listing of XML documents.  To make them easier to read,
I wanted them to
be multi-colored; so I wrote an XSL stylesheet to transform
them into -fo
with the appropriate inlines to control the color.  I
include placeholders
within the DocBook to indicate where the listings are to be
placed.  I
transform the DocBook into -fo and then replace each
placeholder with its
colorized -fo listing.  I then process the resulting file
using XEP creating
a pdf.  This process works fine but it is time consuming and
must be
repeated very time there is a change to the DocBook file.

My question is "Is it possible to treat these -fo
files as graphics files,
similar to SVG files?"

Gordon Ney

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Ney, Gordon B Mr AMSAA wrote:

>
> My question is "Is it possible to treat these -fo
files as graphics files,
> similar to SVG files?"

No Gordon.
xsl-fo != svg.


regards 

-- 
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk


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