Metrics Files for OS X, and image errors
Hi all, Well, I admit that I feel silly asking this, but I'm not having any luck with the documentation on the FOP Web site. It's probably just me, but any help would really be appreciated. I would like to use FOP on OS X (I'm primarily a Windows user, but I frequently have projects that require me to use a Macintosh). I can get everything working, except for two things: 1. I cannot figure out how to create the necessary metrics files for my fonts. The fonts on OS X are in a font suitcase, and I can't find out what extension they are, so I don't know what command to use from FOP to create the files. 2. When I generate the PDF, I get a number of errors stating that my images aren't in a directory. I don't have the exact error in front of me (I'm back on my PC laptop) but it's similar to: [ERROR] file:/imagename.jpg No such directory. (That's not exactly right. I'll look up the exact error as soon as I am able.) Could anyone offer me some advice? Thank you! Dave Shevitz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Metrics Files for OS X, and image errors
Thanks, I did end up figuring it out. I used the TTF files for the fonts I needed (just didn't know where to find them). Now, everything seems to be working well. Many thanks for all the help, everyone! Dave John Root wrote: On 6/28/04 2:48 PM, David Shevitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. I cannot figure out how to create the necessary metrics files for my fonts. The fonts on OS X are in a font suitcase, and I can't find out what extension they are, so I don't know what command to use from FOP to create the files. David, You can't generate fonts for FOP from Mac encoded PostScript fonts. You must use PC or Unix format PostScript font files or else TrueType format. John ~~ John Root Publishing Systems [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]
Trying to Troubleshoot an Issue
Hello all, I'm trying to determine the source of a problem I'm having. I have several documents that include images. Ideally, I would like to control the size of these images by percentage--for example, I would like all images for a document to be 60% of their original size. I had thought I could set these parameters in my XML document, but they don't seem to take. When I use actual point sizes, the images are displayed as expected, but any values that I enter as percentages are ignored. I think the problem lies in one of three places: 1. My XML editor is not assigning the values correctly (I use XMLMind). 2. FOP does not support percentage values yet. 3. My inexperience with XML and such is once again rearing its ugly head. Has anyone else experienced this? If it is a FOP-related issue, could anyone recommend a reliable workaround? Thanks! Dave Shevitz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adding Blind Tables for Figures
Hello all, I realize this must be a very popular question. However, the only information I can find is dated nearly 2 years ago, and those solutions do not seem to work. Here is my question: I understand that if I want to keep my captions with my figures in a given document, I should use a blind table. However, all the examples I see were posted around 2 years ago (granted I might be looking in the wrong place). I tried using them, but they don't seem to work. I'm using Docbook 1.64.2. Does anyone have a suggestion or examples that I could use to implement this workaround? Thanks in advance, Dave Shevitz - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding Blind Tables for Figures
Thanks. I hadn't realized there have been so few updates to FOP.
I noticed on a post that to implement a blind table within a template, I
should add the following to my customization layer:
xsl:template name=formal.object
xsl:param name=placement select='before'/
xsl:variable name=id
xsl:call-template name=object.id/
/xsl:variable
fo:table table-layout=fixed width=100%
fo:table-column column-number=1/
fo:table-body
xsl:if test=$placement = 'before'
fo:table-row keep-with-next=always
xsl:call-template name=formal.object.heading/
/fo:table-row
/xsl:if
fo:table-row
fo:table-cell
fo:block id={$id}
xsl:use-attribute-sets=formal.object.properties
xsl:apply-templates/
/fo:block
/fo:table-cell
/fo:table-row
xsl:if test=$placement != 'before'
fo:table-row keep-with-previous=always
xsl:call-template name=formal.object.heading/
/fo:table-row
/xsl:if
/fo:table-body
/fo:table
/xsl:template
xsl:template name=formal.object.heading
xsl:param name=title/xsl:param
fo:table-cell
fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets=formal.title.properties
xsl:apply-templates select=. mode=object.title.markup/
/fo:block
/fo:table-cell
/xsl:template
I did so, only to find that it had no effect. By no effect, I mean I
looked into the FO file that was generated, and did not see any tables
around my figure and captions.
I then thought that perhaps my customization layer was in error somehow,
so I created a separate customization layer using only the above
template. Still, no effect.
Finally, I modified the formal.xsl stylesheet with this template, and
still did have any results.
Clearly, I'm applying something incorrectly. But I'm at a loss as to
where to begin. I did notice that, in the formal.xsl template, the
formal.object template is very different from the above XSL markup. That
is why I wondered if I was working off old material.
I'm happy to provide further information, if that would be helpful. I
also freely admit that I'm unsure if this is an XSL issue, appropriate
for the DocBook lists, or a FOP issue. But I figured I should start
somewhere.
Thanks very much for any assistance,
Dave Shevitz
Chris Bowditch wrote:
David Shevitz wrote:
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I understand that if I want to keep my captions with my figures in a
given document, I should use a blind table. However, all the
examples I see were posted around 2 years ago (granted I might be
looking in the wrong place). I tried using them, but they don't seem
to work.
Doesnt matter that its 2 years old, there have been very few releases
of FOP in that time. The blind table approach should work to keep a
figure with FOP. Perhaps you should explain why it doesnt work for
you, and we will try to help solve the problem.
snip/
Chris
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