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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 06:33:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glen Mazza <grm7793@yahoo.com>
Subject: (Move to fop-dev) Fwd: Re: Printing from multiple trays with FOP
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Incidentally, RenderX has a nice extension called
rx:meta-info that holds the PDF document information
of Author, Producer, Title, etc.  We provide that
functionality programmatically to the user by
providing methods in FOUserAgent, but the RenderX
method seems better because nondevelopers can use it
as well.

I wonder if FOP should switch to a fox:metadata
element, that can store these parameters, and also
possibly allow in the future for additional elements
such as the PS settings Dave White needs below. 
(However, in order to limit spaghetti code, I would
rather we not support both an extension element and
setting methods in FOUserAgent for any given
property--choose one or the other for each property.) 
Thoughts?

Also, if RenderX has an extension called
rx:create-widget, are we allowed to create a
fox:create-widget, or we can but only if we name it
something else:  e.g., fox:construct-widget?  Has
anyone discussed this before?  I think we need a
Lawyer Maestro here... ;)

Glen

--- Jeremias Maerki <dev.jeremias@greenmail.ch> wrote:
> 
> My long term wish list contains PPD support for the
> PS renderer which
> will also include extension to XSL-FO that will
> allow you to control PS
> generation in a more detailed way.
> 
> On 08.10.2004 15:43:09 Dave_S_White wrote:
> > Is a FOP extension a candidate for this? I just
> started looking into
> > exactly what they are and how they work but the
> general concet of making a
> > new tag outside the FO namespace seems like it
> could be a good fit for the
> > postscript commands.
> 
> 
> Jeremias Maerki
>