Re: Generating ASCII output
I agree on "in general terms an XSL Formatting engine is the wrong tool for generating Character Text output", but if you "must" use TXTRenderer because you need something that simulate PdfOutput etc. etc. you can set textCPI and textLPI so: TXTRenderer renderer = new TXTRenderer(); renderer.textCPI=12; renderer.textLPI=6.1f; driver.setRenderer(renderer); hope this help From: "Illiano, Vincent" > Thanks for the tip. I may indeed end up doing what you suggest - use Xalan > directly to get text output. But before I take that plunge, some have > mentioned tweaking textCPI and textLPI. How is this done? In the > stylesheet? If it requires modifying the FOP Java code, I'd rather not ;) > > Thanks again, -Vincent > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE : Generating ASCII output
to want to create pure XSL (for ASCII output) after having made XSLFO is perhaps not either the good solution! for example, in XSLFO, if a table overflows on another page, the heading of page it's repeated it's XSLFO which automatically calculates the number of line per page But, in pure XSL (for ASCII output), how automatically to put a number of line per page and to repeat the headings? Philippe. -Message d'origine- De : Illiano, Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : vendredi 7 février 2003 20:35 À : '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Objet : RE: Generating ASCII output Thanks for the tip. I may indeed end up doing what you suggest - use Xalan directly to get text output. But before I take that plunge, some have mentioned tweaking textCPI and textLPI. How is this done? In the stylesheet? If it requires modifying the FOP Java code, I'd rather not ;) Thanks again, -Vincent > -- > From: Chris Bowditch[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Generating ASCII output > > Hi Vincent, > > in general terms an XSL Formatting engine is the wrong tool for generating > > Character Text output. > > A XSL Formatting engine works with precise coordinates for formatting > objects, i.e. the text and when this is translated by a Text Renderer, the > > coordinates must be rounded to the nearest line or character offset. Hence > > why some lines sit ontop of one another and spacing between characters is > not right. > > I recommend you write an XSL stylesheet that processes your XML directly > to > Text. Theres no need for an XSL Formatter to work out pre-cise coordinates > > for your text, only to convert these coordinates back to a character > driven > textual output. > > > >From: "Illiano, Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Hi List, > > > >I've built a document-generation system around FOP to create both PDF and > >ASCII text documents. To create the ASCII text output file, I use the > -txt > >command line argument to FOP. I have a couple of small problems with the > >ASCII text output. Every 30 lines or so in the generated output file, a > >line of output is written over the previous output line. The next line, > >instead of being written on a new line, is written again over the > previous > >line. Visually, the 2nd line overlays the previous line. Characters on > >the > >previous line will show in the output if the next line contains a space > at > >that character position. > > > >Another problem I'm seeing is that every so often, there is no space > >between > >words in the text output. > > > >So I'm wondering if I've defined my document correctly for ASCII output. > > >Am > >I using the wrong font-family, font-size, line-height? There is are my > >current settings: > > > > >line-height="10.4pt"> > > > > > >Thanks for any information on this. -Vincent > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _ > MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Generating ASCII output
Thanks for the tip. I may indeed end up doing what you suggest - use Xalan directly to get text output. But before I take that plunge, some have mentioned tweaking textCPI and textLPI. How is this done? In the stylesheet? If it requires modifying the FOP Java code, I'd rather not ;) Thanks again, -Vincent > -- > From: Chris Bowditch[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Generating ASCII output > > Hi Vincent, > > in general terms an XSL Formatting engine is the wrong tool for generating > > Character Text output. > > A XSL Formatting engine works with precise coordinates for formatting > objects, i.e. the text and when this is translated by a Text Renderer, the > > coordinates must be rounded to the nearest line or character offset. Hence > > why some lines sit ontop of one another and spacing between characters is > not right. > > I recommend you write an XSL stylesheet that processes your XML directly > to > Text. Theres no need for an XSL Formatter to work out pre-cise coordinates > > for your text, only to convert these coordinates back to a character > driven > textual output. > > > >From: "Illiano, Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Hi List, > > > >I've built a document-generation system around FOP to create both PDF and > >ASCII text documents. To create the ASCII text output file, I use the > -txt > >command line argument to FOP. I have a couple of small problems with the > >ASCII text output. Every 30 lines or so in the generated output file, a > >line of output is written over the previous output line. The next line, > >instead of being written on a new line, is written again over the > previous > >line. Visually, the 2nd line overlays the previous line. Characters on > >the > >previous line will show in the output if the next line contains a space > at > >that character position. > > > >Another problem I'm seeing is that every so often, there is no space > >between > >words in the text output. > > > >So I'm wondering if I've defined my document correctly for ASCII output. > > >Am > >I using the wrong font-family, font-size, line-height? There is are my > >current settings: > > > > >line-height="10.4pt"> > > > > > >Thanks for any information on this. -Vincent > > > >- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _ > MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Generating ASCII output
you have to play with textCPI, textLPI and line-height values hi From: "Illiano, Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi List, > > I've built a document-generation system around FOP to create both PDF and > ASCII text documents. To create the ASCII text output file, I use the -txt > command line argument to FOP. I have a couple of small problems with the > ASCII text output. Every 30 lines or so in the generated output file, a > line of output is written over the previous output line. The next line, > instead of being written on a new line, is written again over the previous > line. Visually, the 2nd line overlays the previous line. Characters on the > previous line will show in the output if the next line contains a space at > that character position. > > Another problem I'm seeing is that every so often, there is no space between > words in the text output. > > So I'm wondering if I've defined my document correctly for ASCII output. Am > I using the wrong font-family, font-size, line-height? There is are my > current settings: > > line-height="10.4pt"> > > > Thanks for any information on this. -Vincent > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Generating ASCII output
Hi Vincent, in general terms an XSL Formatting engine is the wrong tool for generating Character Text output. A XSL Formatting engine works with precise coordinates for formatting objects, i.e. the text and when this is translated by a Text Renderer, the coordinates must be rounded to the nearest line or character offset. Hence why some lines sit ontop of one another and spacing between characters is not right. I recommend you write an XSL stylesheet that processes your XML directly to Text. Theres no need for an XSL Formatter to work out pre-cise coordinates for your text, only to convert these coordinates back to a character driven textual output. From: "Illiano, Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi List, I've built a document-generation system around FOP to create both PDF and ASCII text documents. To create the ASCII text output file, I use the -txt command line argument to FOP. I have a couple of small problems with the ASCII text output. Every 30 lines or so in the generated output file, a line of output is written over the previous output line. The next line, instead of being written on a new line, is written again over the previous line. Visually, the 2nd line overlays the previous line. Characters on the previous line will show in the output if the next line contains a space at that character position. Another problem I'm seeing is that every so often, there is no space between words in the text output. So I'm wondering if I've defined my document correctly for ASCII output. Am I using the wrong font-family, font-size, line-height? There is are my current settings: Thanks for any information on this. -Vincent - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
