[docbook-apps] Bleed tabs in xsl-fo?

I'm trying to implement the bleed tabs that Bob outlined here: http://www.mail-archive.com/docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org/msg11880.html However, I get 2 errors that: Variable margin.left.outer has not been declared Variable region.side.extent has not been declared Where should these be

Re: [docbook-apps] RFE: roundtripping to/from adobe IDML

to control look and feel for print output in InDesign, while also able to generate HTML, ePub, etc. formats from the same source XML. Best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com http://www.flatironssolutions.com On 19-Mar-10 9:15 AM, Giuseppe

Re: [docbook-apps] Antwort: Re: [docbook-apps] XSL-FO Set all figures to align center

Have you seen this documentation on the XSL parameters? There is info on the attribute sets here: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/param.html Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com http://www.flatironssolutions.com On 04-Feb-10 2:08 AM

Re: [docbook-apps] Antwort: Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook 5 - different color for hyperlinks in PDF output

If this is DocBook 5.0, aren't you missing the default DocBook 5.0 namespace? xmlns=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook; So in your stylesheet you would need: ?xml version=1.0? xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform; version=1.0 xmlns:dc=http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/;

[docbook-apps] Creating learning materials from DocBook?

tools or standards do you need your content to interoperate with? Thanks and best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Chair, DocBook eLearning SC Senior XML Architect scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com http://www.flatironssolutions.com

Re: [docbook-apps] Tag formatting in PDF output

Hi Andrew, try setting one of the FO parameters in your customization layer: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/fo/fonts.html (title.font.family and body.font.family) Also see: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Typography.html#BodyAndTitleFonts Best regards, --Scott

Re: [docbook-apps] docbook 4.5 install. Woefully hard?

I did find this package on the list the other day: http://forgedp.fusesource.org/documentation/faq.html Haven't tried it yet, but hoping it is also an easier solution. Most of the time I use oXygen on Windows, though. Best regards, --Scott deannel...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated

Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook Customization

interoperability as well, so we will certainly try to enable interop where possible! Thanks and best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect +1 (303) 542-2146 | Office +1 (303) 332-1883 | Cell scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com == Flatirons

Re: [docbook-apps] DocBook Customization

If you want to start with a simplified version of DocBook, you should check out the Simplified DocBook DTD or the new Publishers schema. These are official customizations that minimize the number of elements. With the proposed Modular DocBook addition to the standard (likely v5.1), there soon

[docbook-apps] Nominate DocBook!

Might be a shameless plug, but let's all vote for DocBook on Sourceforge for Best Project for the Enterprise Get the word out using your social network and vote! http://sourceforge.net/community/cca09/nominate/?project_name=DocBookproject_url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/docbook/ Best

Re: [docbook-apps] Suggestions for redacting elements?

I'd use one of the available profiling attributes, perhaps role or condition make most sense in this instance? http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/ref-elements.html#common.attributes http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Profiling.html Best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect e

Re: [docbook-apps] Moving towards docbook

for learning all of the DocBook output options is Bob Stayton's book: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html Hope this helps! --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect e: scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com O: 303.542.2146 C: 303.332.1883 F: 303.544.0522 http://www.FlatironsSolutions.com

Re: [docbook-apps] error running latest 1.74.1 stylesheets

net.sf.xslthl.ConnectorSaxon6 - net.sf.xslthl.ConnectorSaxon6 Any ideas? I'll post this to the oxygen list as well... Thanks, --Scott Keith Fahlgren wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Scott Hudson scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com wrote: It says on the site that 2.0.1 is not compatible with the 1.74.1

Re: [docbook-apps] error running latest 1.74.1 stylesheets

It says on the site that 2.0.1 is not compatible with the 1.74.1 stylesheets? I tried downloading the recommended XSL update, but had the same issues... --Scott Dongsheng Song wrote: 2009/2/19 Scott Hudson scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com: I just downloaded the latest stylesheet release

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Embed a PDF document into DocBook book?

/ xsl:param name=column.count.back select=2/ Thanks and best regards, --Scott John Brown wrote: Scott Hudson scott.hudson at flatironssolutions.com writes: John Brown and Jirka Kosek both had good suggestions to split the case study into individual pages using pdftk and then use mediaobject

Re: [docbook-apps] survey of DocBook 5.0 validation tools

- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect e: scott.hud...@flatironssolutions.com O: 303.542.2146 C: 303.332.1883 F: 303.544.0522 http

Re: [docbook-apps] Define my own inline.sequence

Hi Jacques, yes, I have this working with 1.74.0 and XEP 4.13. Do you have the font-alias also set up in the xep.xml file? Otherwise, I'm not sure what the problem would be. Best regards, --Scott Scott Hudson Senior XML Architect http://www.FlatironsSolutions.com Vision. Experience

Re: [docbook-apps] Define my own inline.sequence

I have font variants working via XEP: xsl:when test=@role='smallcaps' fo:inline font-variant=small-caps xsl:call-template name=inline.charseq/ /fo:inline /xsl:when The caveat, is that I did have to install a font that

[docbook-apps] Placement of auto-generated TOC

I've got a book, where the TOC should be inserted at the end of the frontmatter. I've got several preface elements in the frontmatter, so the book is essentially: book preface.../preface preface.../preface preface.../preface toc/ ... /book I've set the xsl:param

Re: [docbook-apps] Placement of auto-generated TOC

/ xsl:param name=column.count.index select=2/ Yet, my toc is still coming out in a 2 column flow. Do I have to set a pagemaster differently somehow for empty tocs? Thanks, --Scott Scott Hudson wrote: I've got a book, where the TOC should be inserted at the end of the frontmatter. I've got several

Re: [docbook-apps] Placement of auto-generated TOC

nop'? Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Docbook-Apps docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Placement of auto-generated TOC OK

[docbook-apps] make all tables span a multi-column layout

If I want to make all tables in my document span a 2-column layout, what do I need to set? I've tried: xsl:attribute-set name=table.table.properties xsl:attribute name=spanall/xsl:attribute xsl:attribute name=keep-together.within-columnalways/xsl:attribute

Re: [docbook-apps] How would I have text flow around diagrams

For fo, I recently used the tip on Dave Pawson's FAQ: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/styling/fo.html#d3043e559 This is specifically for sidebars, but could be adapted? HTH, --Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a requirement for having text flow around a diagram. I have seen the

[docbook-apps] sidebar spans?

Hi, I've got a multi-column layout, and I need certain sidebars to span to full page width. I've tried setting the xml-pi (?dbfo sidebar-width=8in?), but no luck. Anything else I can try? I'm using 1.74.0 via oXygen 10 on Windows. Thanks and best regards, -- Scott * Scott Hudson* / Senior

Re: [docbook-apps] Incorrect page numbers in index for indexterms within mediaobjects?

some customization regarding indexterms inside objectinfo? I'm not getting any index markers at all for those indexterms. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: John Brown [EMAIL

Re: [docbook-apps] Incorrect page numbers in index for indexterms within mediaobjects?

=objectinfo/indexterm/ xsl:apply-templates select=$object/ xsl:apply-templates select=caption/ /fo:block /xsl:template Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bob Stayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Hudson, Scott [EMAIL

[docbook-apps] Embed a PDF document into DocBook book?

Folks, I have a situation where I need to include a set of preformatted PDF in my DocBook book (e.g., a case study). What is the best method to integrate this? I tried the mediaobject route, but that only gives me the first page. mediaobject imageobject imagedata

Re: [docbook-apps] Embed a PDF document into DocBook book?

ideas? Thanks and best regards, --Scott Keith Fahlgren wrote: On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I have a situation where I need to include a set of preformatted PDF in my DocBook book (e.g., a case study). What is the best method to integrate this? I

Re: [docbook-apps] How to create a chapter file as separate document

Darya, This might help? http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/PrintOneChapter.html You'd have to print them one at a time, but may still work for you, or you could create a shell or batch file to call the lot of them? Best regards, --Scott Darya Said-Akbari wrote: Hi, My docbook file is

Re: [docbook-apps] multiple colors in the title tag?

Terra, How about using a phrase role=blue to wrap the words? I'd still prefer the role be semantic (WHY is it blue?), but you get the idea. You would still need to adjust your customization layer to process the phrases to include the color markup for your various outputs though... Best

Re: [docbook-apps] How to insert placeholder in my documentation

declaration: !DOCTYPE section [ !ENTITY % product_name SYSTEM ../common/customizable_tokens.ent %product_name; ] NOTE that then the book file referencing the chapter/section will not open.) Thank you Scott Hudson wrote: Hi Akagi, I use this method: create an entity file that declares your

Re: [docbook-apps] How to insert placeholder in my documentation

Hi Akagi, I use this method: create an entity file that declares your entities. Mine looks like this (client-entities.ent): !ENTITY client client_name !ENTITY client_short client_short !ENTITY project project_name !ENTITY client_logo images/logo.png Then, in each of the content files (I put

Re: [docbook-apps] Re: DocBook 5.x - the difference between mediaobject and inlinemediaobject

mediaobject is a block-level element, while inlinemediaobject is an inline. There are subtleties for where these are allowed and how they are rendered. The block level, for example, is usually rendered on a new line, where the inline is rendered in-place. It might be easier to see the

Re: [docbook-apps] oXygen 9 beta with WYSIWYG-like editing support for DocBook

I agree with Michael. oXygen isn't just for editing DocBook. It's an all-purpose XML editor. Different standards will have different element names for the same basic semantic. Emphasis role=bold in DocBook is the equivalent of b in DITA and HTML, and ODF and MS OpenXML will have their

Re: [docbook-apps] simplified docbook ?

Hi Jean, the current official release is 1.1. There is also a 1.2CR1, based on DocBook 4.5, but we have not taken it further. I would anticipate providing a newer version based on DocBook v5.0, once it is officially released. Best regards, --Scott Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: What is

Re: [docbook-apps] simplified docbook ?

guide (http://www.docbook.org/docs/howto/) should apply for Simplified docs, too. I would imagine that the 1.2 release would be based on NG (5.0) rather than 4.5 at this point. Best regards, --Scott Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: On Aug 16, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Scott Hudson wrote: Hi Jean

Re: [docbook-apps] Formatting multiple subtitles

Ken, what about using the role attribute on subtitle to distinguish them? Then you can write some template code to process each of the different subtitle roles appropriately? Best regards, --Scott Ken Morse wrote: Hello, I've got a DocBook document with multiple subtitle elements

Re: [docbook-apps] section in sidebar?

Hi David, I thought of that, but I've seen several cases of nested sections (2 levels deep), so I think I still need a way to add section to sidebar... Best regards, --Scott David Cramer (Tech Pubs) wrote: The problem isn't the sidebar, but the fact that this sidebar content has sub

Re: [docbook-apps] section in sidebar?

'] in a block-container or something and position it as you please. Maybe I'm still misunderstanding, though. Colin On 4/12/07, *Keith Fahlgren* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/11/07, Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[docbook-apps] section in sidebar?

Title: Scott Hudson Folks, IHAC that needs to be able to support multiple sections within a sidebar. The model needs to support something like: chapter titleHow to Ensnare a Jedi/para parablah/para sidebar titleWorking With Bounty Hunters/title parablah/para parablah/para section

Re: [docbook-apps] section in sidebar?

Unfortunately, this is content that is outside the narrative flow of the main text, and is about a page or two long. It's more like a feature that you might see in many Trade publications... Best regards, --Scott Keith Fahlgren wrote: On 4/11/07, Scott Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IHAC

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Request for Example Uses

How about posting them to the DocBook Wiki? (http://docbook.org/wiki/moin.cgi/) --Scott Boos, Paul M. wrote: Sure, I don't mind (one was sent straight to me and another to the list, I would probably want to check with the author first, before making it public, but since it was for a

DOCBOOK-APPS: shading/coloring in tables?

Folks, I have quite a few legacy HTML documents that are being converted to Simplified DocBook. Many of these contain complex tables, with multi-colored cells. The colors actually help quite a bit with readability, so it is important to preserve them if possible. Is there anything that

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: DocBook writing

Romas, There is a project on OpenOffice.org that converts soffice to docbook: http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge/docbook/ Best regards, --Scott Romas Opulskis wrote: Hello, I have a question if there is some editor to write text in more human readable form and save it (convert) to

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Can't create alt-tag from textobject

Lars, I've been able to get alt text using figure, but I don't know if that's exactly what you are looking for... figure titleLogo/title mediaobject imageobject imagedata fileref=Pictures/fig2_platform_arch.png format=PNG scale=75 width= /

Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: XMLSPY and DocBook

I've used jEdit with the plugins, and it's a decent editor. It can validate on keystroke, and suggests available tags, but I wouldn't recommend it for business authors (those not used to seeing markup). I prefer Arbortext Epic for major edits, but jEdit is great for quick edits. Best regards,

DOCBOOK-APPS: HTML to Docbook/Simplified Docbook conversion

Hello, has anyone developed any XSLT stylesheets to convert XHTML documents to Docbook or Simplified Docbook? I'd prefer to re-use, rather than re-invent such a tool... Thanks and best regards, --Scott