Re: Making PDFs in Windows

I have used both cygwin and mingw. I prefer mingw because cygwin has so many bugs, and in fact the latest version does not work with the FOP bash script. However, as others pointed out, you can generate PDF from the windows shell. I prefer not to use the Windows shell because it has so many limitation compared to a unix-like shell.

Paul

On 4/18/12 9:59 AM, DeanNelson@... wrote:

Its not necessary to use Cygwin or MinGW.

 

I use a batch file that calls XSLTPROC and FOP to generate PDFs under Windows.

 

Check our Bob Stayton's book for more info.

 

Regards,

Dean Nelson

 

In a message dated 4/18/2012 6:51:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, yoursurrogategod@... writes:

Hi guys, have you ever used Docbook to generate PDFs in Windows?  Did you use Cygwin?  If not, would you recommend anything else?