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Again: Apache FOP, Docbook: Features / Versions,"complete" Docbook distribution
- From: Alexander Schatten <alasan at gmx dot net>
- To: "docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org" <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:06:48 +0100
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Again: Apache FOP, Docbook: Features / Versions,"complete" Docbook distribution
Again: I did some extensive testing of different xsl stylesheet
versions, my conclusions considering PDF production are (html works
fine, btw):
always using apache fop 0.20.2:
docbook-xsl-1.47-experimental and docbook-xsl-1.48
does not work at all: "[java] [ERROR]: property 'master-reference' ignored"
docbook-xsl-1.41 and docbook-xsl-1.45 (I could not finde other versions
as on sourceforge there is only version 1.45, no older ones, and the
1.41 I found in my private "archive")
these versions "work", depending on the definition of "working"; lets
say, they produce no error, but output is with significant drawbacks;
just a few to mention:
-- no tables rendered (all tables in my document where missing)
-- no index rendered
-- table of contents not "good" formatted, looks ugly (spacing, number
alignment, ...)
-- "programlisting" indentation much too big
-- some other (minor) problems.
(-- no pdf links)
so this is unfortunately not usable. (I tried no images, btw, so I am
not sure if this works)
can anyone recommend me a version/combination of FOP and docbook-xsl
that produces better results? the reason is also this: as there was no
feedback to one of my recent postings considering a "complete" and hence
useful docbook distribution also for non-experts, I a trying to build
one containing:
* xml editor
* docbook DTD
* docbook xsl
* ant + ant buildfile for publication of test document to html single,
html chunked and PDF (!)
* xalan
* fop
* ... ?
but at least one complete publishing step should be possible and PDF
publishing is definitly required, otherwise this makes no sense. and the
"hacks" using latex... may be nice, but are definitly not usable for
most people as additional latex installation (with all its problems) is
required, conversion to tex and tex calls are necessary, and Latex was
too complex either for most people, so this workaround is nice for
experts but not for the "normal" writer.
so comments would be required considering my problems above.
thank you
Alex