RE: RE : Contributing to FOP (Re: representative example needed)

[Dennis Myrén]

Hi there,     Sorry, My goal is to post these files, however there are some work I have to do on them in order to make them look nice and clean, I really want to do that before anyone looks at them, to really get them “representative”, but I have had a lot of other work lately, so I haven’t been able to finish them up yet.   For us it has really been what the transform produces that was critical. I never took the time to develop nice and efficient XSLT transforms. One example is the graphs in those PDF’s, I generate those graphs with an intermediate tool that I wrote which generates SVG graphs from data and layout input in XML format. This SVG graphs is first generated as separate files, then copied into the final FO document at FO “compile time”, using XSLT document() function. This is a rather odd approach which I do not know how I can best present to the FOP users/developers who might be interested in seeing the solution, I am therefore thinking of moving these solutions to EXSLT instead, and use _javascript_ to compute layout and render the graph to SVG. XSLT itself is unfortunately not enough to generate these graphs.   I was glad to see there where actually FOP people that was a bit interested in the work I have done with FOP, now i do not want to disappoint people by sending these XSLT transforms that is just not clean enough as of today.     Regards, Dennis JD Myrén Developer Oslo Kodebureau Tel:      (+47) 98 00 11 92 Mail:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:   www.oslokb.no From: David Gagnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24. februar 2005 22:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE : Contributing to FOP (Re: representative example needed)   Hi all,     I was looking for a good example as well those pdf are impressive.  I was wondering if the .fo and .xml regarding those examples have been posted somewhere?  I looked into the bug database and haven`t found them are they available?   Thanks for your help!! /David       -----Message d'origine----- De : Dennis Myrén [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : February 9, 2005 03:48 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : RE: Contributing to FOP (Re: representative example needed)   >Unfortunately, I get an error when I try to view those links: >HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected. >Internet Information Services (IIS)   That was really awkward, and not what I intended. The URL’s should work by now. Sorry about that. Here they are again: http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample1.pdf http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample2.pdf http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample3.pdf   >BTW I have a couple of questions: >- if we like what we see (I get an error--see below), can we post this example PDF? >- if we like what we see (I get an error--see below), can we post the input files (XSL-FO, XML, XSLT, etc.)? Of course you are free to do that.     >Perhaps after you've participated in the FOP community for some time, and your name becomes familiar to us (and hopefully >made some contributions to the code! :-p) you may be invited to become a committer for Apache FOP! I will do my best to get there!   Maybe I could implement support for CMYK and Spot colors to get started, if this is of interest to you. Would’nt this be cool?: <fo:block color=”spot(‘PANTONE 1205 C’, 1.0)”>Hello FOP</fo:block>   Regards, Dennis JD Myrén Developer Oslo Kodebureau Tel:      (+47) 98 00 11 92 Mail:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:   www.oslokb.no From: The Web Maestro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 8. februar 2005 17:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Contributing to FOP (Re: representative example needed)   Dennis,   On Feb 8, 2005, at 7:54 AM, Dennis Myrén wrote: I should say a few words as well.   I work as a computer programmer for a small software firm.   We have thought for a long time that it is time to give something back to FOP, in form of development contribution. I have been programming PDF components for a long time and know the PDF file format, as well as XSL-FO. Therefore, i think i might be able to help out. However, we havent really taken the time for that. Now i think we can do that, so i hereby also let you know that i am interested in starting to contribute.   Thanks for the kind words, and we look forward to receiving PATCHes from you. Here's a link to help you get started.   http://xml.apache.org/fop/dev/#patches   3 examples of documents that we have generated(targeting mass printing for broschure production) you can find here: http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample1.pdf   http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample2.pdf   http://dev.oslokb.no:8080/dennis/Sample3.pdf   BTW I have a couple of questions: - if we like what we see (I get an error--see below), can we post this example PDF? - if we like what we see (I get an error--see below), can we post the input files (XSL-FO, XML, XSLT, etc.)?   Unfortunately, I get an error when I try to view those links:   HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected. Internet Information Services (IIS)   Perhaps after you've participated in the FOP community for some time, and your name becomes familiar to us (and hopefully made some contributions to the code! :-p) you may be invited to become a committer for Apache FOP!   Cheers!   Web Maestro Clay -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <http://homepage.mac.com/webmaestro/> My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. - HH The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet