Flare vs DITA

[Gillian Flato]

Yes, those are the scripts I am talking about.

-Gillian
> On Apr 14, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:
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> Art, Gillian is probably referring to XSL-FO scripts which need to be customized to get the PDF output you want. 
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> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 2:39 PM
> To: Gillian Flato
> Cc: Framers
> Subject: Re: Flare vs DITA
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> Gillian, when you were talking about scripts... Could you fill us in on what they do and why they're required?
> I've never seen a DITA project (other than legacy ports) that required scripting, and am just curious about how they're used.
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> Art
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> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Gillian Flato <gill6034 at comcast.net <mailto:gill6034 at comcast.net>> wrote:
> I have used unstructured Frame for 15 years. I am an advanced user.
> 
> I have used DITA for 3 with Oxygen. We outsourced writing our scripts.
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> Now I have to decide if I want to use Frame unstructured or structured for a new project. There are no legacy docs.
> 
> -Gillian
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> > On Apr 14, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com <mailto:robert at lauriston.com>> wrote:
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> > If you DON'T have FrameMaker or aren't familiar with using it to
> > author DITA, and aren't chained to DITA, Flare would probably be way,
> > way easier.
> >
> > There's probably some set of requirements where structured FrameMaker
> > would be the best and/or most cost-effective tool for the job these
> > days, but it's hard for me to imagine what that would be.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Shmuel <shmuelw1 at gmail.com <mailto:shmuelw1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> Flare vs. Frame with DITA-FMx sounds like a toss-up. I assume you are
> >> familiar with Frame, since you are asking on this list, so why start with
> >> something new?
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