Hey,
we finally managed to customize the PDF output. Some aspects still seem a
bit mysterious, but we´ve got it. Thanks for the hint Bob!
Nevertheless, we are not yet running out of questions:
We are pretty much finished customizing our stylesheet, but still have a
problem moving the list of figures and list of tables towards the
appendix/ back of the document.. Our Documents are structured into:
- Frontpage
- Legal Notices
-Table of content
- Typographical conventions
- Preface
-Main body
-Appendix ( shortcuts, glossary etc.)
-List of figures
- List of tables
The problem is that we haven´t figured out yet how to shift the list of
tables and list of figures from the front of the document ( between
frontpage and legal notices ) to the back of the document ( after the
appendix).
The Appendix including the tables have a Heading TOC formatting ( A XYZ, B
XYZ etc.)
We have used
<xsl:param name="generate.toc" >
appendix title,figure
article title
book toc,title
chapter title
part title
preface title
reference title
sect1 title
sect2 title
sect3 title
sect4 title
sect5 title
section title
</xsl:param>
to specify the location of the tables, but it didn´t work out. Can anyone
give us a clue? Per default, the tables are rendered into the front part
of the document.
Thanks!
Daniel
From:
Jason Zech <[email protected]>
To:
Bob Stayton <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Date:
24.01.2012 17:43
Subject:
RE: [docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for docbook using
the XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor
I’m also a fan of PrinceXML, which generates PDF from any structured
content using fairly robust CSS styles. I transform from DocBook to HTML
(using the stylesheets) and from HTML to PDF with Prince (CSS for styles).
I’m very impressed with the results.
www.princexml.com
From: Bob Stayton [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:40 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for
docbook using the XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor
Hi Daniel,
CSS has progressed to the point where it can format printed output, and I
know of at least one product that can use CSS to generate PDF output
(Antenna House XSL Formatter http://www.antennahouse.com/product.htm). But
most people use DocBook's XSL-FO output (fo/docbook.xsl) and an XSL-FO
processor such as FOP to generate PDFs from DocBook content.
I believe someone pointed you to my online book DocBook XSL: The Complete
Guide at http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html. I believe it has
the information you need to customize your PDF output. This link will get
you started with parameter setting:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PrintOutput.html
and this one with titlepage customization:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/HTMLTitlePage.html
and this one will help with further customizations:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PrintCustomEx.html
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for
docbook using the XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor
Hello,
sorry that it took so long, but I was quite busy.
Thanks for all the response - it made things easier for us.
The customization process is getting along pretty well, but we still have
some questions regarding the PDF Output:
As said before, we customized Docbook to match our requirements. We
basically added a few elements to the schema and blocked those we didn’t
want. The font size etc. is determined by an css style sheet.
One problem is, that most of our new styles are not recognized if we
output a document as a PDF. We already found the param.xml and
pagesetup.xsl file, but were not sure if it is necessary to customize them
as well. Did we go wrong using css instead of xsl as a stylesheet? Oxygen
handles both, but it seems like only xls is supported for creating a PDF.
Another problem that we have is, that we can´t really figure out how to
influence the general page layout (header, footer, graphic on the front
page etc.). Is there any tutorial or something?
Finally, at least for now, we are wondering how to insert text boxes in
line with the text, since in our current configuration text boxes are
always inserted below the paragraph.
Thanks for the help and sorry if some questions might seem unnecessary.
I´m not one of the XML guys in the company, but rather one of those who
write and translate.
Greetings,
Daniel
From:
[email protected]
To:
[email protected]
Date:
17.01.2012 09:44
Subject:
[docbook-apps] Customizing and creating a stylesheet for docbook using the
XML Mind or Oxygen XML Editor
Hello,
currently my company is thinking about transferring its user documentation
into XML and docbook.
Since we are an IT company, XML and programming in general is not a
problem. But: We cannot find and adjust the stylesheet needed to create
our custom documentation.
We are currently setting up a prototype for our documentation, following
the instructions from Walsh´s "DocBook 5: The definitive Guide" and
working with the XML Mind Editor and a trial version of "OXYGEN Editor".
Basically, we are satisfied with the results and trust in docbooks
function (since having lots of trouble with Word), but the lacking
transparency makes it really hard to come up with a sample documentation/
prototype .Each file we open has at least one reference to a website we
cannot open and dozens of files that don´t exist or are really hard to
find. We checked the regular docbook.zip from the docbook homepage, but
also all files of the respective editors. (Is there something as a
"default" Docbook editor that you would propose?)
Can anyone give me some advice, a link or even a how-to for adjusting the
docbook stylesheet? Personally, I would love to use docbook for our user
documentation, simply for the additional features it has compared to other
text processing program, but only if I can adjust the appearance.
Especially regarding corporate identity this is absolutely necessary.
Thanks and with best regards,
D. Keyes
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