Re: Re: RTF-Output with FOP 0.93 looks terrible
Hi Vincent, great :-) But the Stylesheet for generating an OpenOffice- or better OpenDocument has not finished at all. That's a pitty :-( Have you tried to open an OpenDocument-file in Microsoft Word? Most users are using word (a terrible application) and want to have a modifiable document which can be opened in Microsoft Word. So the only way is RTF at the moment :-( I have to find another way to make it looks better in word. Thanks for the link to the docbook2odf-project. Best Regards, Kerstin Vincent Hennebert schrieb: Hi, leeloo5e79-devel yahoo de a écrit : Hi Jeremias, you are correct: RTF is a terrible format. But seems to be the only way to get a modifiable document. There are also tools like which convert PDF to Word-Documents. But these tools also had the problem in correct converting PDF. In this case I'm using DocBook to create complex documentations. With the DocBook-Stylesheets I want to generate e.g. HTML, PDF and also an for Microsoft Word applicable Document. If you want to generate a modifiable format from DocBook you will probably have much more success with the docbook2odf [1] or the roundtrip part of the DocBook stylesheets. I haven't looked at either of those. The link below might be interesting. The DocBook stylesheets allow to convert DocBook to WordML (and also ODF now, I believe) and vice-versa. Have a look at the docbook-apps@ archives and the DocBook website. Anyway, if I had to produce modifiable documents from DocBook sources I would certainly invest my time on such solutions rather than dealing with RTF. [1] http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/ HTH, Vincent - Wissenswertes zum Thema PC, Zubehör oder Programme.BE A BETTER INTERNET-GURU!
Re: Re: RTF-Output with FOP 0.93 looks terrible
Hi Adrian, sorry for my late reply. Seems my email-provider are sorting out some messages. I just find the list on nabbles.com. I used Microsoft Word to display the generated RTF-Output. So I assumed Microsoft Word would display the RTF in the correct way. But seems it didn't. Because of your question, which application I'm using, I just used OpenOffice and hey it looks good - relatively ;-) Page breaks doesn't work.There are no page numbers in the TOC, but links to the chapters are fine :-) In every case tables have a width of 3,53cm. But shouldn't they display on the whole available width of the page?! I'm using processing-instructions at my xml file to set e.g. the last page number or background-colors. These settings are displayed correctly in the PDF-Output, so the FO seems to be correctly. It supposed to be missing features for generating RTF with FOP. Thanks, Best Regards, Kerstin ## Hi Kerstin, Sorry but could you be a little more descriptive of the problem you are having? Providing some FO source examples would be of great help in examining any problems you are experiencing with the RTF output. Incidentally which RTF viewing application are you using to display/test the RTF output? Cheers, Adrian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using FOP 0.93 to generate e.g. PDF from DocBook-XML with DocBook-XSL. Everything looks fine in PDF. 71 sites are generated in PDF :-))) But the RTF-Output just looks terrible and has about 1900 !!! sites. Seems on every page is one line or one table row printed out. The content (e.g. lines) should be keep together or something else. Is still working on this feature or has i just configure something to make it work better? Thanks, Kerstin *BE A BETTER WELTENBUMMLER:* Jetzt Frage stellen und einen von 44 iPods gewinnen! http://de.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48734/*http://de.promotions.yahoo.com/clever/be-a-better/weltenbummler.html - Alles was der Gesundheit und Entspannung dient.BE A BETTER MEDIZINMANN!
Re: RTF-Output with FOP 0.93 looks terrible
Hi Jeremias, you are correct: RTF is a terrible format. But seems to be the only way to get a modifiable document. There are also tools like which convert PDF to Word-Documents. But these tools also had the problem in correct converting PDF. In this case I'm using DocBook to create complex documentations. With the DocBook-Stylesheets I want to generate e.g. HTML, PDF and also an for Microsoft Word applicable Document. Because of Adrian's question of what RTF viewing application I'm using (I used Microsoft Word), I used OpenOffice and hey it looks good - relativley. Only some XSL-FO-Features are missing (I described them in my answer of Adrians answer). I will create a small DocBook-Document with some XSL-FO-Features which shows the occured problems. So maybe we find a solution ;-) Thanks a lot. Best Regards, Kerstin ### Let me start by stating that RTF is a terrible format to begin with (well, that's a personal opinion). Generally, it's not possible to map every feature in XSL-FO into RTF. But then, RTF is probably also the weakest output format in Apache FOP. I would only recommend RTF output for relatively simple business letters where people have to do some modifications before they are sent to the client. I'd be interested in the use case you have to convert DocBook to RTF. Please note that the RTF output is optimized for Microsoft Word. It will definitely look terrible in OpenOffice. On 28.06.2007 14:04:32 leeloo5e79-devel wrote: I'm using FOP 0.93 to generate e.g. PDF from DocBook-XML with DocBook-XSL. Everything looks fine in PDF. 71 sites are generated in PDF :-))) But the RTF-Output just looks terrible and has about 1900 !!! sites. Seems on every page is one line or one table row printed out. The content (e.g. lines) should be keep together or something else. Is still working on this feature or has i just configure something to make it work better? Thanks, Kerstin Jeremias Maerki - Yahoo! Messenger - kostenlos* mit Familie und Freunden von PC zu PC telefonieren.
Re: RTF-Output with FOP 0.93 looks terrible
Hi, leeloo5e79-devel yahoo de a écrit : Hi Jeremias, you are correct: RTF is a terrible format. But seems to be the only way to get a modifiable document. There are also tools like which convert PDF to Word-Documents. But these tools also had the problem in correct converting PDF. In this case I'm using DocBook to create complex documentations. With the DocBook-Stylesheets I want to generate e.g. HTML, PDF and also an for Microsoft Word applicable Document. If you want to generate a modifiable format from DocBook you will probably have much more success with the docbook2odf [1] or the roundtrip part of the DocBook stylesheets. I haven't looked at either of those. The link below might be interesting. The DocBook stylesheets allow to convert DocBook to WordML (and also ODF now, I believe) and vice-versa. Have a look at the docbook-apps@ archives and the DocBook website. Anyway, if I had to produce modifiable documents from DocBook sources I would certainly invest my time on such solutions rather than dealing with RTF. [1] http://open.comsultia.com/docbook2odf/ HTH, Vincent - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RTF-Output with FOP 0.93 looks terrible
Hi Kerstin, Sorry but could you be a little more descriptive of the problem you are having? Providing some FO source examples would be of great help in examining any problems you are experiencing with the RTF output. Incidentally which RTF viewing application are you using to display/test the RTF output? Cheers, Adrian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using FOP 0.93 to generate e.g. PDF from DocBook-XML with DocBook-XSL. Everything looks fine in PDF. 71 sites are generated in PDF :-))) But the RTF-Output just looks terrible and has about 1900 !!! sites. Seems on every page is one line or one table row printed out. The content (e.g. lines) should be keep together or something else. Is still working on this feature or has i just configure something to make it work better? Thanks, Kerstin *BE A BETTER WELTENBUMMLER:* Jetzt Frage stellen und einen von 44 iPods gewinnen! http://de.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48734/*http://de.promotions.yahoo.com/clever/be-a-better/weltenbummler.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
