Thank you Hussein! With your help, I have the first item working (styling certain items as needed in the PDF output). I’ll try rendering the boolean values as icons later, as that looks a bit more complicated!
Thank you so much for the quick and detailed response. Je vous remercie! Dan > On Jan 20, 2025, at 8:37 AM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1/20/25 04:57, [email protected] wrote: >> I’m currently evaluating the personal edition of XML Editor and XSLUtility. >> Overall, I really enjoy using these products and am considering purchasing >> the xde-usr license and XSLUtility. I really like these products and >> appreciate that I can run them on MacOs (unlike something like Madcap Flare >> or FrameMaker). >> I have a question regarding the DITA to PDF transformation using the >> ditatoPDF conversion specification (Apache FOP): >> I have a use case where I currently use the outputclass attribute, giving it >> a value like emphasis01, emphasis02, etc. I can then use this class with a >> CSS selector to style specific elements in the HTML output. I can do this >> just by updating the CSS stylesheet, even without using XSLUtility. Ideally, >> I could also use the outputclass when using the ditatoPDF transformation in >> XSLUtility. But I don’t see an attribute set associated with the outputclass >> attribute. (My current workaround is to make use of an unused element type >> in my XML doc—uicontrol—and then I’m doing the custom styling in the >> XSLUtility based on that.) > > There are indeed no attribute-sets which are associated with the outputclass > attribute. Note that we don't see how attribute-sets could be used for that. > > >> So is there any way to add an “outputclass = <value>” to the XSL >> customization? That would help tremendously and I could simply use the >> outputclass attribute in the XML Editor to set up a few styling things I >> need in both HTML and PDF outputs. >> Similarly, it would be nice to have a way to convert a “boolean=yes" or >> “boolean=no" so that I could transform these guys to a “green checkmark” or >> “red checkbox” or some UTF character while doing the conversion. >> Is it possible to do either of these things with the current version of >> XSLUtility? I might just be missing something. Or would it be possible to >> add something like this to the conversion options? > > Yes. It's certainly possible to achieve all what you want but you'll have to > write custom XSLT templates for that. > > Here's how to proceed: > > 1) Start XSLUtility and select a DITA document to be converted to PDF. Choose > the ditaToPDF conversion. See attached "1app.png". > > 2) Click "Edit" and select the "Transform" tab. See attached > "2edit_transform.png". > > 3) Click "Customize" and specify the name of the file which is to contain > your custom XSLT templates. See attached "3customize_fo_xsl.png". > > Created ".xsl" file is almost empty and looks like this: > --- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <?stylesheet-label ?> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; > version="2.0"> > > <xsl:import href="xslutil-config:dita/xsl/fo/fo.xsl"/> > > <!-- REDEFINE PARAMETERS AND ATTRIBUTE-SETS HERE --> > > </xsl:stylesheet> > --- > > 4) Once your customization file, e.g. "custom_fo.xsl", has been created, > click the "file chooser" icon to select it. See attached > "4use_custom_fo_xsl.png". > > 5) Now add XSLT templates to your customization file using a text or XML > editor. > > First thing to do is declare the "fo" namespace prefix: > --- > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; > xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"; > version="2.0"> > --- > > Let's suppose we want to give a specific style (dark red, underlined) to <i> > and <b> elements having @outputclass="emphasis". This may be done as follows: > > --- > <xsl:attribute-set name="emphasis_style"> > <xsl:attribute name="color">maroon</xsl:attribute> > <xsl:attribute name="text-decoration">underline</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > <xsl:template match="b[@outputclass='emphasis']"> > <fo:inline xsl:use-attribute-sets="b emphasis_style"> > <xsl:call-template name="commonAttributes"/> > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </fo:inline> > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template match="i[@outputclass='emphasis']"> > <fo:inline xsl:use-attribute-sets="i emphasis_style"> > <xsl:call-template name="commonAttributes"/> > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </fo:inline> > </xsl:template> > --- > > Let's suppose we want to render <boolean state="yes"/> and <boolean > state="no"/> as OK/Cancel icons. This may be done as follows: > > --- > <xsl:template match="boolean"> > <fo:external-graphic content-height="16px"> > <xsl:attribute name="src"> > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="@state eq 'yes'"> > <xsl:value-of > select="'url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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)'"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:value-of > select="'url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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)'"/> > </xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:attribute> > </fo:external-graphic> > </xsl:template> > --- > > Complete, working (see attached "dita-sample_pdf.png"), "custom_fo.xsl" > attached to this email. > > Now the question is: how to write these custom XSLT templates? Answer: by > looking at the corresponding stock templates. > > You'll find all stock templates in folder > "XSLUtility_INSTALL_DIR/addon/config/dita/xsl/fo/". For example > "XSLUtility_INSTALL_DIR/addon/config/dita/xsl/fo/typographic.xsl" contains > the stock template for element <b>: > > --- > <xsl:attribute-set name="b"> > <xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class,' hi-d/b ')]"> > <fo:inline xsl:use-attribute-sets="b"> > <xsl:call-template name="commonAttributes"/> > <xsl:apply-templates/> > </fo:inline> > </xsl:template> > --- > > > <1app.png><2edit_transform.png><3customize_fo_xsl.png><4use_custom_fo_xsl.png><custom_fo.xsl><dita_sample_pdf.png> -- XMLmind FO Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xfc-support
