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Re: free DocBook tools that handle Japanese
Michael Smith <smith@xml-doc.org> wrote
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smith> > You can use Japanized FOP (http://jpfop.sourceforge.net/index.html).
smith> >
smith> > By the way, OpenJade (for DocBook/SGML) and xsltproc (for DocBook/XML)
smith> > can work properly for Japanese documents (I am actually using them).
smith>
smith> Sato-san: How about for Passivetext? I don't have it set up for
smith> working with Japanese yet. Do you know what's needed? I think it
smith> should be possible to get Japanese output from FO through Passivetext
smith> and then Japan-localized dvips/dvipdf?
Do you mean xmltex and PassiveTeX? Sorry I have not use them for
Japanese documents yet, but will try them. Theoretically they can
be used, I think.
When using a TeX-based processor for Japanese documents, font-related
things often come into question. Perhaps, in the case it may be
a problem, too.
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