Display created docbook

[Pavel Sanda]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 04:59:23PM +0200, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have a patch ready to
> > > > 1.) new format (pdf9) + conversion 'docbook5->pdf9'
> > > >   This is using pandoc, so that one can display the docbook data
> > > > 2.) A wrapper/filter around ssconvert for converting spreadsheets
> > > >   to be inserted in docbook5 documents
> > > >
> > > > The first part should be uncontroversial.
> > > > For the second there may be objections, because the wrapper is
> > > > written in perl.
> > >
> > > That's indeed controversial. What's the justification for writing
> > > that in perl when all other conversion script are in python?
> 
> The only justification is my (in)ability to write it in python.

Well, it's sort of sending the packagers the message if you want to have
fully functional lyx if should bump perl dependency. This does not strike
me as a good idea if this was the only reason.

> > > Apart from that conversion to epub seem more appropriate than pdf...
> > >
> > 
> > PDF is useful for debugging purposes, at least (or to have an idea what the
> > document could look like through standard DocBook chains, for instance if
> > you are publishing a book and you have to use DocBook instead of LaTeX).
> > I'd +1 having this functionality in LyX.

Ok then.

Pavel