Matthias Gutbier writes:
> Is`nt it better to have an inadequate implementation with adequate results,
> than to to live with adequate implementations, which have not even
> rudimentary knowledge of typesetting basics ?
a moot point, but I incline to your view. obviously, since its me who
maintains the TeX implementations for DSSSL and FO...
> of fonts, page layout and other language depending issues. I personaly doubt
> that these native FO renderers will ever succeed in their balancing act
> between the overwhelming XSL spec. details and the art of automatic
> typesetting.
I don't entirely agree. They can just copy the algorithms of TeX if they like
(as they already do, for hyphenation)
Sebastian
