RE: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data

2012-04-03 Thread Dominik Psenner
Hi Bob, thanks for the feedback. I looked into 4 alternatives: 1) IBEX At the moment our choice because it's relatively cheap, fast and even though it produces quite large PDF files (double size in respect to the Antenna House implementation) it is not a KO criteria for IBEX. 2)

Re: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data

2012-04-03 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 3.4.2012 8:38, Dominik Psenner wrote: I'm asking because I also thought about integrating base64-encoded imagedata better into docbook by: 1) either creating a fresh new attribute like src on the imagedata / tag that could be passed on to the respective FO attribute src in the tag

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: I attached a copy[1] of them (also attached a picture. I don't know, is it possible to send attachments) and already shared to the Jirka. Hey devs, I like to have some comments on my design, about its weaknesses, further enhancements, new feature

RE: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data

2012-04-03 Thread Dominik Psenner
-Original Message- From: Jirka Kosek [mailto:ji...@kosek.cz] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:43 AM To: Dominik Psenner Cc: 'Bob Stayton'; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data On 3.4.2012 8:38, Dominik Psenner wrote: I'm

Re: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data

2012-04-03 Thread Jirka Kosek
On 3.4.2012 13:35, Dominik Psenner wrote: There is no need to change anything on DocBook side to support this. Simply put data: into fileref attribute. That doesn't work together with the IBEX processor because data:.. is wrapped into url(data:..) and then the processor treats data:.. as an

RE: [docbook-apps] mediaobject with base64 encoded image data

2012-04-03 Thread Dominik Psenner
There is no need to change anything on DocBook side to support this. Simply put data: into fileref attribute. That doesn't work together with the IBEX processor because data:.. is wrapped into url(data:..) and then the processor treats data:.. as an url, which it is not and thus the image is

[docbook-apps] XML Table Structure, color and text direction with DocBook and Oxygen

2012-04-03 Thread daniel . keyes
Hello,, we recently started transferring our user manuals from Word do DocBook. We realized on our first pages that we had problems structuring our tables in the same manner as we did with word. As an example: Purpose|Document Purpose|Application Purpose|Application Purpose|App1|

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/2012 06:01 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: I attached a copy[1] of them (also attached a picture. I don't know, is it possible to send attachments) and already shared to the Jirka. Hey devs, I like to

[docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Alberto Simões
Hello, friends As you might recall, I shared some trouble I was having with FOP and conversion of a .fo file to .pdf. Bob helped finding the problem, I reported to FOP developers, and it was fixed today on trunk. But now, I have some other problems, and I would like to hear from you wether or

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
Yes, the standard has a content model of (%block;)+, which means it should not be empty. What DocBook XML is triggering that output? Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net - Original Message - From: Alberto Simões hashas...@gmail.com To:

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Alberto Simões
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net wrote: Yes, the standard has a content model of (%block;)+, which means it should not be empty.  What DocBook XML is triggering that output? It links to the listitem close/open sequence: [...] programlisting

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
HI Alberto, What kind of list is it? Can you send me the whole list element? Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net - Original Message - From: Alberto Simões hashas...@gmail.com To: Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Sent: Tuesday, April

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread David Cramer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/2012 12:13 PM, Alberto Simões wrote: ?dbfo-need height=”2in” ? I was under the impression that the dbfo-need doesn't work with fop (though I don't know if it causes harm). If it works now, I'd be interested in using it. Thanks, David

Re: [docbook-apps] Extend supported output formats

2012-04-03 Thread gihan karunarathne
Hi David, Jirka : Thank you very much for your comments !. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:30 PM, David Cramer da...@thingbag.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/2012 06:01 AM, Jirka Kosek wrote: On 3.4.2012 11:03, gihan karunarathne wrote: I attached a copy[1]

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
Thanks for pointing out the ?dbfo need?. That is indeed the item that is generating the empty list-item-label. I'll fix that in the source tree. Regarding dbfo needs in FOP, the last time I tried it I found it is close to working. The basic mechanism works, but it does not properly preserve

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Alberto Simões
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net wrote: Thanks for pointing out the ?dbfo need?.  That is indeed the item that is generating the empty list-item-label.  I'll fix that in the source tree. Great. So, can I pull the fix from somewhere :) Regarding dbfo needs in FOP,

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
Ah, ok. I doubt O'Reilly will be using FOP when they produce the book. You can probably ignore most FOP warnings that do not kill the process. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net - Original Message - From: Alberto Simões hashas...@gmail.com To: Bob Stayton

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
Oh, if you want to test with FOP1 and stylesheet version 1.76.1 or snapshot, you need to edit the template for dbfo need in fo/pi.xsl, because it has an xsl:when clause to skip any need PIs when fop1.extensions != 0. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net - Original Message

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Alberto Simões
Bob, did you commit? :) http://docbook.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/docbook/trunk/xsl/?view=log doesn't list any changes for today. Thanks On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net wrote: Oh, if you want to test with FOP1 and stylesheet version 1.76.1 or snapshot, you

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Stayton
I was still testing, but I just commited it. I'm not sure if dbfo-need will work properly in FOP 1, but at least it won't fail. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net - Original Message - From: Alberto Simões hashas...@gmail.com To: Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net Cc:

Re: [docbook-apps] Yet again, FOP complaining of the generated fo file

2012-04-03 Thread Alberto Simões
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net wrote: I was still testing, but I just commited it.  I'm not sure if dbfo-need will work properly in FOP 1, but at least it won't fail. Sorry for the push. I am working with FOP svn, not sure if it handles that. But for now I just

Re: [docbook-apps] Regarding the project DocBook to Word XML roundtripping XSLs

2012-04-03 Thread Steve Ball
Hi, I'm assuming that you have downloaded the DocBook XSL stylesheets? There is a specification document contained in it that details what is and isn't supported by the roundtripping system. In what way would you like to participate in the project? Supporting Open Office? Extending the system