On Tuesday 14 January 2003 23:20, Matthew L. Avizinis wrote: > I have written an extension that I had discussed a while ago about > writing page numbers to an alternate xml file while FOP is running. I > submitted it a while ago. It has a number of properties that allow you > to name the file, whether it is the first or last entry going into the > file so you can create a well-formed xml file, name the root element if > it is the first entry to the file, the element name itself, and an id. > > This has allowed me to compile large books with many images by chapter > (thus reducing memory usage) and still be able to make page > cross-references from chapter to chapter.
The idea is good, but I wonder why you implemented it as an extension. This way one will have to write non-standard FO when making heavy use of cross references. IMHO the better way would be to integrate this into FOP and make it configurable in order to not increase processing time when this feature is not needed. I suppose you have to make two runs, one to create to page index file and a second one to actually use that information (just like TeX)? Regards, Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
