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<big>Thanks for that.<br>
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I do have an "academic" oXygen license, which is inexpensive, For
non-commercial use. I just added the free version of XEP 4 as an
external tool and it ran perfectly. But for my so far benchmark
documents, no difference from FOP 0.93. I do have a problem with table
layouts that I couldn't figure yet with FOP 0.94 in general. FOP 0.93
seems to be the best of both FOP worlds currently. XEP's response
though gave the impression of faster processing with clearer and more
organized runtime output. I believe that Docbench is enhanced with some
of Norm Welsh's DocBook stylesheets.<br>
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It is not clear for me yet, if the regular oXygen 8 license will grant
upgrade to version 9 regular. I see a trial counter declining. Can
oXygen people please advise about that, about the new build to be made
available as upgrades, and about the regular release of oXygen 9?<br>
<br>
Barton Wright wrote:</big>
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<div><big><span> If you don't have either a XEP or oXygen license,
RenderX's DocBench bundle is a screaming bargain. For US$100 over the
base price of XEP Desktop, you get both. As I remember, what DocBench
provides is the standard oXygen Professional release, plus XEP in a
directory parallel to the FOP directory. There is very little
integration, but then, not much is needed. You run the standard oXygen,
and can invoke a menu function to generate output through XEP in
addition to FOP. One minor disadvantage is that DocBench starts oXygen
from its own batch file, not from the clean oxygen.exe executable (for
Windows). The startup is a little messy, and leaves a Command Prompt
window hanging around. </span></big></div>
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<div><big><span> I no longer run DocBench per se, but instead have
separate oXygen and XEP installations, and I call XEP from command-line
build scripts. </span></big></div>
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<div><big><span> As for FOP vs XEP, I can only speak to FOP 0.92 vs
XEP 4.10. The winner then was XEP by a mile. FOP-generated PDFs had
trouble with long tables over page breaks, and other problems that XEP
sailed through. I hear the FOP guys have made great strides since 0.92,
and I plan to give 0.94 another look. But here's a strong hint as to
which one's better: the PDF for Bob Stayton's DocBook XSL book is
generated with XEP. </span></big></div>
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<div><big><span> That said, I caution you that there's just no way
the RenderX guys have caught up the latest oXygen 9.0 release, which
only occurred a few days ago. If you buy DocBench today, you will
almost certainly get oXygen 8.2 in the bundle. However, the oXygen guys
are very good about sending you the latest license file, even for
DocBench users. </span></big></div>
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<div lang="en-us"><big> <b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com">oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com">mailto:oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Khaled
Aly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 05, 2007 2:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com">oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oXygen-user] Docbench<br>
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<big>Hi<br>
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Would oXygen or users on list have more information about this bundle: <a
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Advantages it may offer over standalone oXygen 9 for purpose of
technical authoring. It refers to DocBook/TEI, but not DITA, which is
supported by oXygen 9. In which ways may XEP (one of the main bundle
components, which can also be integrated with oXygen 9) be distinct
from or advantageous to FOP .94? And otherwise, would the added value
be mainly the offered stylesheets? And would it be the same oXygen UI?<br>
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Thanks<br>
ka </big></blockquote>
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