I have put together a small .fo and seen the issue with the FOP nightly
build, so have mailed their user list.

Thanks again.
Mark


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Mark Craig <[email protected]> wrote:

> With docbkx-tools if I set the FO processor extensions correctly and
> comment out the custom fonts, I can process the FO separately (at least it
> worked for this test).
>
>    - FOP 1.1 output is broken in the same fashion as FOP 1.0 output.
>    - Antenna House's AHFormatterV6 trial version output looks good.
>    - XEP trial version output looks good.
>
> I haven't tried any other formatters besides Antenna House's and XEP, but
> suspect this is a FOP issue.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Bob Stayton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Sometimes that works.  8^)
>> The FO extensions generated for each processor may trip up the process.
>> I've found that FOP is the most picky about failing on unrecognized code,
>> so going from FOP to something else usually works.
>>
>> Bob Stayton
>> Sagehill Enterprises
>> [email protected]
>>
>>  *From:* Mark Craig <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:25 AM
>> *To:* Bob Stayton <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Eliminating soft hyphens shown in mid
>> line?
>>
>> Thanks. Can I do that by just taking the .fo generated during the build
>> and processing it with another FO processor?
>>
>> (Not sure how to swap out the FO processor in docbkx-tools.)
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>  On Apr 18, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
>>
>>  Was this example tested with another FO processor besides FOP?  That
>> would settle whether it is a FOP problem.
>>
>> Bob Stayton
>> Sagehill Enterprises
>> [email protected]
>>
>>  *From:* Mark Craig <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 18, 2013 6:48 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [docbook-apps] Re: Eliminating soft hyphens shown in mid line?
>>
>> In fact it looks like whether the soft hyphen shows up in mid line
>> depends on the following character.
>>
>>     <itemizedlist>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>..</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>. .</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>.</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>.]</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>.\</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>."</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>.a</literal></para></listitem>
>>>     <listitem><para><literal>.Z</literal></para></listitem>
>>>    </itemizedlist>
>>
>>
>> produces the following in the PDF:
>>
>>  • .-­.
>>> • . .
>>> • .
>>> • .­-]
>>> • .\
>>> • .-­"
>>> • .a
>>> • .Z
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Mark Craig <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Apologies if this is really a FOP question. I'm a bit out of my depth.
>>>
>>> I've added some FO customization based on Bob Stayton's helpful
>>> suggestion on putting hyphenation within table 
>>> cells<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05030.html>,
>>> adding soft hyphens after . in <literal>.
>>>
>>> For most of the text the customization works exactly as desired in PDF.
>>> For example, inside of a <para>,
>>> <literal>com.iplanet.am.sdk.caching.enabled</literal> shows up split where
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>>  You must explicitly set this property to true, because setting com.-
>>>> iplanet.am.sdk.caching.enabled to false in the previous step disables
>>>> both user and configuration data caching.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have many examples of this working throughout the documentation I'm
>>> working on, and it is particularly helpful in table cells.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, in some cases, such as <term><literal>userattr =
>>> "[parent[child-level].]attr#GROUPDN|USERDN"</literal></term>, the soft
>>> hyphen shows up after the . even though the line does not break. (I've
>>> replaced the soft hyphen in the following with a hyphen so you can see what
>>> I mean.)
>>>
>>> userattr = "[parent[child-level].­-]attr#GROUPDN|USERDN"
>>>
>>>
>>> What should I do to avoid the soft hyphen appearing in the PDF in such
>>> cases?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time and your help,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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