On 21.10.2008 17:46:16 Maximilian Gaerber wrote: > Hi, > > Jeremias Maerki schrieb: > > No, the PDF image extension is something else. That's an adapter to > > integrate external PDFs. > Ok. > > I believe this should be included directly into > > the PDFRenderer like I started it. However, since I don't know what a > > "spread layout" is, and what exactly you really need overall, I'm not > > sure if I see the whole picture, yet. > Well, spread layout is not my highest priority but in InDesign for > example, you can treat a set of pages (usually two of them facing each > other) as if they were one page. So you can place an image that spans > both pages (often used in magazine layouts). The thing is that there is > still a page flow (between the spread pages) and when you produce a PDF, > there are actually two Trim Boxes as well.
Tricky. XSL-FO doesn't support that out-of-the-box. It is in the XSL 2.0 requirements: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xslfo20-req-20080326/#N66638 > > Anyway, you certainly need to > > specify the amount of bleed (what I started). My patch uses > > fox:bleed="4mm" (as an example) on the fo:simple-page-master. Then, you > > might want to specify the actual media size which could be done as > > fox:media-width and fox:media-height, following the same pattern as with > > fox:bleed. > Yes, this exactly what is needed. > > Like Oliver, you will probably need to paint cut marks once > > you start using bleed. I have some ideas there. Let's get to that when > > the first steps are done. So far, I don't see anything too complicated > > for you. > > > Yes, I've seen an example of using SVG to draw the crop marks. I guess > this should suffice. Yes, although some Graphics2D code in Java is probably much faster. We'll see. We can start with SVG for simplicity and optimize when necessary. > > Finally, you need to be able to paint outside the trim box. That's easy, > > since you can always use negative coordinates or spaces. I hope that > > helps. > > > Ok. > > Let me know if I have an incomplete picture. > > > I guess so. So be prepared to get a bunch of newbie dev questions ;-) I was well aware of that when I started motivating you to become a contributor. That's part of keeping FOP alive: recruiting new people, because we're very much in need of new blood. The problem with old, established projects: no hype anymore, many users, so few developers, but still so much fun to be had. > Regards, > > Max > <snip/> Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
