Anything for a non-programmer to do?

[Matthew Huggett]

(B
(B
(BHi:
(B 
(BIs there anything that a non-programmer 
(Bcan do to help the FOP project? I'm a technical writer.  Is there anything 
(Binvolving documentation that needs to be done?
(B 
(BMatthew

fonts

[Matthew Huggett]

(B
(B
(BHi:
(B 
(BI'm trying to create a few font metrics 
(Bfiles. 
(B 
(BHere's the command I'm using:
(B  
(B    C:\Program Files\FOP\fop-0.20.3>java 
(Borg.apache.fop.fonts.apps.TTFReader -ttcname "HGRM" C:\Windows\Fonts\HGRM.TTC 
(Bhgrm.xml 
(B 
(BAnd this is the error message I 
(Bget:
(B 
(BException in thread "main" 
(Bjava.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/fop/fonts/apps/TTFReader
(B 
(BI don't know s**t about Java programming 
(Bbut I guess this means that my command wasn't good or I'm missing 
(Bsomething.  How do I fix this?
(B 
(BThanks
(B 
(BMatthew

Re: Absolute positioning

[Matthew Huggett]

Hi Ricardo:

Regarding references for FO elements and attributes.  I guess you have
already checked the W3C recommendation?  The pdf version has an easy
bookmark to a FO properties summary.  If you check the xml cover pages site
http://xml.coverpages.org/ there might be something else.  I know theres a
company selling quick references for xml,xsl, ecma script, etc. ($5 US each)
but I can't remember the URL.

Matthew
- Original Message -
From: "Ricardo Coutinho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:08 PM
Subject: Absolute positioning


> Hi all,
>
> Firstly I want to apologise in advance for asking many questions. :) It
has
> been some time since I used fop and fo (I think the last version i used
was
> 0.17..)
>
> 1. Is there another way to use absolute positioning without using the
> fo:block-container tag. With the text I have I don't have any
width/height
> variables available. It does work with the fo:block tag.
> 2. Is there a way to specify the orientation for each individual page.
>
> Lastly I would appreciate any online references regarding fo
> elements/attributes.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ricardo Coutinho
> Odyssey Group
> Software Engineer
> 52 Avenue de la gare Luxembourg
> Tel : +352 26 29 77 33
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Internet : http://www.odyssey-group.com
>
>

Asian Fonts

[Matthew Huggett]

(B
(B
(BHi:
(B 
(BHow can I get FOP to handle Asian writing 
(Bsystems?  I mean, what do I need to do in terms of installing the necessary 
(Bfonts?
(B 
(BThanks,
(B 
(BMatthew Huggett

UTF-16 NOT supported

[Matthew Huggett]

(B
(B
(BHi,
(B 
(BYesterday I posted a 
(Bquestion regarding Fop not recognizing the root node of my FO doc.  
(BThe problem was with the encoding.
(B 
(BSo, if anyone is using the MSXML 
(B4 parser, remember it encodes UTF-16 by default.  
(B

Root element trouble

[Matthew Huggett]

(B
(B
(B
(B
(BFOP doesn't seem to be recognizing the 
(Broot element in my fo doc. 
(BI've followed the recommendations in other 
(Bmailings, but still no results.  The examples that came with Fop run 
(Bfine.  I can't see how my fo doc is any different from them.  Someone 
(Benlighten me please.
(B 
(B Here are the error message and some 
(Blines from my fo doc.
(B 
(B    [INFO]: FOP 0.20.3[INFO]: building 
(Bformatting object tree[ERROR]: Unknown formatting object ^[ERROR]: Root 
(Belement must be 
(B 
(Broot, not (none):
(B 
(B
(B 
(B
(B 
(Bxmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
(B 
(BI'd appreciate any 
(Bhelp.