[docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Andy Wu
Hi, Following on from Albretch's thread, I was wondering if anyone if anyone would share their thoughts on the best approach to supporting math ml and/or latex to ultimately produce a pdf from Docbook. My current approach is based on using images produced by texvc the end results are far

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Andy Wu
Thanks Dave. Do you have experience of using either? Andy Dave Pawson wrote: http://www.antennahouse.com/product/mathml.htm Nikolai has http://www.grigoriev.ru/svgmath/ I.e. mathml to SVG, then incorporate the SVG into docbook/fo AFAIK there is no 'recommended' way to get mathml (either

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Dave Pawson
Andy Wu wrote: Thanks Dave. Do you have experience of using either? No... but I know a man who does :-) Quite a lot in fact... In fact he's going to a mathml+xsl-fo interface meeting shortly to talk about this aspect! Simple fact. He uses XSLT to go from XML into \tex ... but then again he

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Justus-bulk
Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:49:51 +0100: http://www.antennahouse.com/product/mathml.htm Nikolai has http://www.grigoriev.ru/svgmath/ I.e. mathml to SVG, then incorporate the SVG into docbook/fo There is also Apache FOP with the JEuclid FOP plugin. I have used

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Andy Wu
Interesting... so does your friend go from \tex to math ml too? I'd like to support both latex and math ml so conversion is something I'll need to look at if I going the AH/mathsvg route. Thanks Andy Dave Pawson wrote: No... but I know a man who does :-) Quite a lot in fact... In fact he's

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Andy Wu
Thanks for your input Justus. I'll certainly take a look at JEuclid. Interesting to hear about how you embed math ml in docbook too as that's something I'll also need to address. Thanks Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:49:51 +0100:

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Dave Pawson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK there is no 'recommended' way to get mathml (either kind) embedded into docbook... yet. Yep. What I do is: - type individual variables and very short equations directly as mathml - type more lengthy math in LaTeX syntax into textobject role=tex directly

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread DeanNelson
Andy, I usually place the MathML in a separate file and include them when I need to: equation titleHere is a nice equation/title xi:include xmlns:xi=_http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude_ (http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude) href=met-Math-template.xml / /equation Then the file looks like

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Justus-bulk
Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:08:54 +0100: Yes. Not very general purpose though is it? Granted. One should not have to resort to such complex setups. To me, MathML solves the issue of representation and rendering (thanks to the available MathML renderers); the

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread ben.guillon
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:51 +0200, Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK there is no 'recommended' way to get mathml (either kind) embedded into docbook... yet. DocBook already addresses MathML, through a derived DTD, at least for DocBook 4.X

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread Dave Pawson
ben.guillon wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:51 +0200, Dave Pawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK there is no 'recommended' way to get mathml (either kind) embedded into docbook... yet. DocBook already addresses MathML, through a derived DTD, at least for DocBook 4.X

Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook with Math ML/Latex = PDF

2008-10-20 Thread DeanNelson
All, In my application, I need to do both PDF and HTML. I would like to do it similar to a mediaobject and use role to differentiate the processign path needed. equation mediaobject imageobject role=html ./imageobject textobject role=pdf **include the MML file ***

[docbook-apps] Tables stop flowing with text

2008-10-20 Thread Watkins, Peter
I'm using dblatex and pdflatex to make PDFs from a docbook file.The problem I'm running into is that if I put many small tables on a page, eventually the tables will separate from the paragraphs they're in and they'll end up on one page with the paragraph text on another. Here's my docbook file: