> An alternative to dblatex see [..] I gnorance is bliss !
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 January 2015 at 01:23, Andrew Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lex, thanks for your response. I will look at the dblatex manual, > for my > > edification would you mind explaining this? > > > >> This is used when generating xsl:fo for rendering by the FOP > >> toolchain, not dblatex, thats why it didn't work. > > > > What is the FOP toolchain and what do you mean by generating xsl:fo for > it? > > An alternative to dblatex see > http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#X14 > > Cheers > Lex > > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew Myers > > > > On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 6:56:08 PM UTC-5, Lex Trotman wrote: > >> > >> On 13 January 2015 at 07:14, Andrew Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hello, I'm experimenting with asciidoc as an alternative to Latex, > which > >> > I've been using for years. I like the > >> > idea of a simpler more portable format but I'm having trouble > >> > customizing > >> > it. > >> > I'm trying to change the default body font size in a document. I'm on > >> > Ubuntu and I dug around a bit and found > >> > /etc/asciidoc/docbook-xsl/fo.xsl which seems to contain all the > docbook > >> > font > >> > settings. > >> > >> This is used when generating xsl:fo for rendering by the FOP > >> toolchain, not dblatex, thats why it didn't work. > >> > >> > > >> > I copied this into my local asciidoc-dblatex.xsl file and updated the > >> > settings > >> > > >> > <xsl:param name="body.font.master">15</xsl:param> > >> > <xsl:param name="body.font.size"> > >> > <xsl:value-of select="$body.font.master"/><xsl:text>pt</xsl:text> > >> > </xsl:param> > >> > > >> > This had no effect, I tried a variety of things, including replacing > the > >> > content of 'body.font.size' with the literal text '15pt'. > >> > After this didn't work I tried editing the file > >> > /etc/asciidoc/docbook-xsl/fo.xsl directly, which also made no changes > to > >> > the > >> > document. > >> > > >> > I'm invoking a2x like this: > >> > > >> > a2x -L -f pdf --dblatex-opts "-p asciidoc-dblatex.xsl" file.adoc > >> > > >> > My two questions are > >> > > >> > 1) Is this the expected way of passing the custom xsl file? I tried > >> > using > >> > the --xsl-file option but this didn't seem to work. > >> > It feels a bit odd to need to pass the file inside another options > >> > block. > >> > >> Yes thats how you pass options to the dblatex command. > >> > >> > > >> > 2) How do I change the font size? More generally, why did what I tried > >> > not > >> > work? > >> > > >> > >> I think dblatex uses latex styles to control rendering, see > >> http://dblatex.sourceforge.net/doc/manual/index.html. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Lex > >> > >> > Thanks, > >> > Andrew Myers > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > 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. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Wolfgang Häfelinger -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
