G. Willette wrote: > I downloaded the XMLmind XSL Utility and have been successfully building > various outputs. > > One of our major documentation requirements is to produce syntax diagrams > that use a railroad track format. See the attached image for the necessary > output. When I build a book (DITAmap) that contains a syntax diagram, it > does not appear in the output at all. I assume that the syntax diagram > elements are not configured in the XSL style sheets, but please correct me if > I am wrong. Do you have any experience implementing syntax diagrams? Would > this be possible to accomplish? >
Excerpts from http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/roadmap.html --- Support the syntaxdiagram element by converting it on the fly to SVG graphics. --- (XMLmind DITA Converter is the ``DITA conversion engine'' which is embedded in XMLmind XSL Utility.) * There is currently no way to produce syntax diagrams out of DITA documents using any of our tools. * Getting production quality ``railroad track''-style syntax diagrams (as good or better than your syntax-diagram.bmp attachment) requires a pretty involved development (in Java, not in XSLT). * We currently have no funding to implement what we consider to be a high-end feature. * Therefore I would simply suggest to drop syntax diagrams specified using DITA elements and instead draw them by hand (i.e. using Visio, CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator or InkScape) and export your drawings as SVG (Vector graphics). -- XMLmind FO Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xfc-support
