On Fri, Feb 20 2009 16:14:10 +0000, wrote:
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> I think this has to be an incremental process, as even *some* testing
> is better than no testing. In particular, I can see different steps:
...
> 3) validate against document types, if applicable (xmllint with
> validation, etc.)
RenderX has multiple XSL-FO validators at
http://www.renderx.com/tools/validators.html
> 4) validate final output by visually inspecting it.
To cut down the eyeballing of FO output: rasterize the pages, diff the
results of successive runs, only rerasterize the tests that have
differences, and have a way to highlight differences between two rasters
(e.g., 'stereo' view).
Regards,
Tony Graham
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