> Then in addition you need to convince dblatex to generate
>
> ..
> \documentclass[15pt]{extarticlex}
Sorry for the typos, it should be:
\documentclass[17pt]{extarticle}
Btw, I'm using 17pt cause 15pt is not supported by package extsizes [1].
[1] http://ctan.mackichan.com/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes/extsizes.pdf
..
..
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:31 PM, wolfgang häfelinger <
[email protected]> wrote:
> @Andrew
>
> > [..] alternative to Latex, which I've been using for years.
>
> As a experienced user you probably know that LaTeX has been designed
> around the concept of 10pt, 11pt or 12pt base font size. So get something
> like 15pt, you could install [1]. Then in addition you need to convince
> dblatex to generate
>
> ..
> \documentclass[15pt]{extarticlex}
> ..
>
> You would do that by specifying an XSL script that would look similar like
>
> $ cat xsl/lorem.xsl
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML";
> version="1.0">
> <xsl:param name="latex.class.article">extarticle</xsl:param>
> <xsl:param name="latex.class.options">17pt</xsl:param>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> [1] http://ctan.mackichan.com/macros/latex/contrib/extsizes/extsizes.pdf
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:31 PM, wolfgang häfelinger <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> @Andrew
>> I downloaded dblatex-0.3.2 and searched for 'body.font.size' like
>>
>> $ find dblatex-0.3.2 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 fgrep -i 'body.font.size'
>>
>> There is no output, i.e. there is no body.font.size. Neither in the
>> source nor in the documentation.
>>
>> This answers your question 2)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 6:20 PM, wolfgang häfelinger <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> 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
>>>> >> >
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