On 7 May 2013 07:47, Al Harrington <[email protected]> wrote:
> Definitely closer... it generated a TOC which the HTML doesn't have, but > that's not a huge deal. Well, the example PDF also has a TOC :) Cheers Lex > > Thanks! > > On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:43:46 PM UTC-7, Lex Trotman wrote: > >> >> >> >> 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/**asci** >>>>> idoc/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/**grou**ps/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 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.
