Re: happy documentation fails to build

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:39:50PM +0100, Sven Panne wrote:
> 
> that my PostScript is generated via fop (version 0.20.5) and Ian's via the
> PassiveTeX route. I have seen varying versions of DocBook + PassiveTeX
> breaking in various wonderful & arcane ways in the past, so I recommend
> installing fop. The configure process will prefer fop if it finds it, just
> for that reason, BTW.

fop is not an option for me(Debian) as it apparently requires non-free
Java stuff.

The xmltex bug looks well-known (e.g. Debian bugs #170477, #181444,
#184072, #184086, #234884), and the reports point out that running
"pdfxmltex happy.fo; pdftops happy.pdf" works (although the output
doesn't look /quite/ right, e.g. "- -4pc - -4pc" appears at the top of
each page).


Thanks
Ian