On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } > On Tuesday 25 October 2011 Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> [...] >> > If you were curious the -xml input is used in conjunction with an XSLT >> > (thus the -xsl parameter) to transform said XML file to FO. There is >> > no "default" PDF stylesheet, this mechanism is merely a helper since a >> > lot of users create FO using a transform. >> >> OK. xalan also complains about a style sheet. These style sheets seem >> important. > > They are not important, they are essential! :-) OK. Dumb user question: if they are so important, why does the tool have no default style sheet to use? I would expect it to set margins at 1.00 inch (or 2 centimeters), etc.
> 1. Validate your DocBook XML file first > Do NOT skip this step! Use xmllint and run it like this: > $ xmllint --xinclude --postvalid --noout book.xml > If you encounter any problems, fix it. DO NOT processed further if you > encounter any errors. The other steps rely on a valid DocBook source. > > 2. Transform your DocBook XML file into FO > The FO file is an intermediate file which is read by your FO formatter. > I've already wrote about how to run xsltproc. See lines above. OK, thanks. I was not aware this was a multi-step process. > 3. Format the FO file > Now you take your FO file and feed it into the FO formatter: > $ fop book.fo book.pdf OK. See below :( $ xmllint --xinclude --postvalid --noout book.xml # No complaints $ xsltproc --xinclude http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/html/docbook.xsl book.xml > book.fo # No complaints $ fop -fo book.fo -pdf book.pdf # All hell breaks loose Thanks for the help. It is greatly appreciated. Jeff Oct 25, 2011 5:07:37 AM org.apache.fop.cli.Main startFOP SEVERE: Exception org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:217) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) Caused by: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:502) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) ... 3 more Caused by: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) ... 4 more --------- javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:502) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) Caused by: org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) ... 4 more --------- org.apache.fop.fo.ValidationException: Error: First element must be the fo:root formatting object. Found (Namespace URI: "", Local Name: "html") instead. Please make sure you're producing a valid XSL-FO document. at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:262) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.startElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:163) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.startElement(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:1073) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xinclude.XIncludeHandler.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl$NSContentDispatcher.scanRootElementHook(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:485) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:214) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:125) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:166) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:197) $ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
