On 03/27/2014 04:06 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote:
First serious use of XML Mind, after successful proof of concept
documents: I'm now using it to collect information from a team of
developers and prepare a DITA-compliant configuration document for a client.
The deliverable is going to be a .pdf file, and I've noticed just a
couple of small glitches :-{
* when I use <menucascade> in a <step>, the arrow character between
the <uicontrol> elements knocks the output down so it no longer
lines up with the step number
Yes, that's right and I really don't understand why the left arrow used
in <menucascade> (→) is considered by FOP and XEP to be a ``tall
character''.
* I've selected 'black left-pointing triangle' U+25C0 from the
Characters pallette to match another uicontrol, and while it shows
up as expected on screen it's rendered as # in the .pdf
That's normal because font Symbol does not contain U+25C0.
Please refer to this FAQ (which also applies to your case) to quickly
solve this problem:
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When I convert documents written in Russian (or Polish or Czech or any
non-western language) to PDF, almost all characters are replaced by the
"#" character. Is there a workaround for this problem?
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http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#custom_pdf_fonts
Can I resolve both these problems by specifying a particular font for
the .pdf output? I know /that's/ possible, because you already told me
once where to find it in the documentation :-}
Sure. However this is slightly more complicated than simply using a
different font for all the text including the left arrow (what's
explained in the above FAQ). For that, you need to customize the XSL
stylesheets which generate XSL-FO out of a DITA document.
--> The relevant parameters are:
menucascade-separator
Default value: →
--> The relevant attribute-sets are:
menucascade-separator
Default value:
---
<xsl:attribute-set name="menucascade-separator">
<xsl:attribute name="font-family"
select="if ($foProcessor eq 'XFC')
then $body-font-family
else 'Symbol'"/>
</xsl:attribute-set>
---
You may want to change attribute "font-family" from "Symbol" to a
typeface containing U+25C0.
All these changes can be done quickly and safely from within XXE by
using "Options|Customize Configuration|Customize Document Conversion
Stylesheets" after opening you DITA map.
Please take the time to carefully read:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/customizeConfigurationMenu.html#editConversionStylesheetsAction
and:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslcustom.Customizer.html
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