Re: Generating PDFs with Ada

["Elias Salomão Helou Neto" <eshneto@gmail.com>]

> What about mixing different text directions in the same text ?

This one is hard with TeX. Still, there seems to be some recent
advances, I just don't recall the TeX variant that tries to tackle the
issue.

> What about  
> combined form of letter whose shapes change depending on the context ?

Do you mean ligatures? This is perfectly possible. Otherwise, please
explain better what you mean.

> I would not install a too much heavy application on a  
> server anyway, especially when no root privilege).

Well, you can pretty much install only what you need. Furthermore, the
privileges issue is not quite TeX related.

> May be, but XML is more widely supported as a parsable format. And vector

This one is indeed a good point to keep in mind.

> graphic are typically subject to the kind of access and requests XML  
> allows, especially with formal diagrams.

Agreed too. Now you made clear the point that if a doc is to be
modified after generated, XML may be a better choice than .tex because
of its natural "parseability".

OTOH this may not be true even if modifications are required. For
example, I may have lost it, but was there any agreement on how to go
from XML to PDF?

Elias.