SGML: Jade (DSSSL implementation) beta release

SGML: Jade (DSSSL implementation) beta release


Subject: Jade (DSSSL implementation) beta release
Date: 11 Nov 1996 13:33:08 GMT
From: "James Clark" <jjc@jclark.com>
Newsgroup:comp.text.sgml
------------------------------------------------------------------- I am happy to announce the first beta release of Jade (James' DSSSL Engine) , my implementation of the DSSSL style language. For more information see http://www.jclark.com/jade/. Jade is freely available, with source code, with no restrictions on commercial use. The development platforms are Windows 95 and Windows NT, but it also works on Unix. Jade allows you to display and print SGML documents; you control it by specifying a DSSSL style sheet. It has a modular design that allows you to add support for new output formats by adding a new "backend". At the moment the most mature backend is for RTF (as supported by Microsoft Word for Windows 95). A TeX backend has been contributed by David Megginson. Jade currently supports the DSSSL Online subset of DSSSL with some additions. Jade is designed to have good performance. On the portable computer from which I am posting this it can turn the SGML source of the DSSSL standard into an RTF document of over 200 pages in under 20 seconds. On a high-end PC, it's more than twice as fast. Note that this package doesn't include any example style sheets nor any tutorial materials, so it is primarily intended for those who want to create their own style sheets and who are willing to learn how to do so by reading the DSSSL standard. James Clark jjc@jclark.com