On 15/01/13 07:56, Andrew Birchall wrote: > It seems when using a2x you can't output to a separate destination > directory from where the source file is located? > > E.g. using dblatex to create a PDF from docbook source file: > python a2x.py -D mydocs/publish mydocs/my-document.xml > > I get a2x: ERROR: missing docbook file: > /cygdrive/c/asciidoc-8.6.8/mydocs/publish/my-document.xml > > So it seems I have to have the source file in the same location as the > destination-dir. Which seems to defeat the whole point of the -D > (--destination-dir) option?
XML source behaves differently to AsciiDoc source because when a DocBook XML source file is specified as the input a2x simply skips XML file generation and assumes the XML file already exists in the destination directory (AsciiDoc source generates XML to the destination directory). I've fixed this anomaly: https://code.google.com/p/asciidoc/source/detail?r=531e926fd958b45ad99a5a64990df16e8bec37f3 Cheers, Stuart > > I really want to publish the completed output documents to a separate > directory to where I keep the source files (.txt, .xml, etc.) > > Many thanks for any help. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "asciidoc" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/asciidoc/-/nYAuionP3E0J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en.
