On 1 May 2013 04:49, Al Harrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> The question is.. what should the command be to generate a the sample PDF > file from that sample AsciiDoc template? If you take the sample article > text file and run asciidoc article.txt it produces the HTML just fine. If > you run the following it produces a "book" format, not the nice article > format linked in the example: > > a2x --doctype-article -f pdf article.txt > > Should I be using a different command? Or is there some option (i.e. > maybe --asciidoc-opts) that I need to make it look like the example article > PDF? > It looks like the pdf linked was generated by FOP not dblatex, ie: a2x --fop article.txt Cheers Lex > > Thanks. > > -al > > On Monday, April 29, 2013 10:23:46 PM UTC-7, Lex Trotman wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On 30 April 2013 14:54, Al Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm new to asciidoc and am trying to generate a PDF as shown in the >>> Examples and Overview (http://www.methods.co.nz/** >>> asciidoc/index.html#_overview_**and_examples<http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/index.html#_overview_and_examples>) >>> section. This is the example: The same AsciiDoc article >>> template<http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/article.txt> produced >>> this HTML file <http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/article.html> and >>> this PDF file <http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/article.pdf> via >>> DocBook markup generated by AsciiDoc. >>> >>> I've created a simple test file (on Ubuntu) and am able to generate an >>> html document (using asciidoc command line) that looks like the example. >>> But when I try to use a2x to generate a PDF file it ends up being >>> formatted like a book. I've tried the doctype option to say article, but >>> that didn't help. Can someone tell me the correct commands to take my text >>> file (like the article template above) and make a PDF (again, like the >>> example above)? >>> >> >> Not enough info, stick the test file on a pastebin and let us know the >> commands you ran, what docbook toolchain you are using, and the version of >> asciidoc. >> >> Cheers >> Lex >> >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -al >>> >>> p.s. I actually used to create LaTeX documents WAY back in the day... >>> I'm starting to have flashbacks to the late 80's... :) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "asciidoc" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to asciidoc+u...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/asciidoc?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "asciidoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
