Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: xsltproc -> FOP -> PDF prob?

Thanks, that hit the spot ;)

ion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stayton" <>
To: "ion" <>; <>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: xsltproc -> FOP -> PDF prob?


> On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 06:24:10PM +0100, ion wrote:
> > Here is an interesting observation made by a
> > colleague about xsltproc -> FOP -> PDF:
> >
> > > Block images DO work, but not when they are in the <artcleinfo>
section,
> > > which is allowed by the DTD. I used the <graphic> tag, maybe the
> > > <mediaobject> stuff is broken.
> >
> > Apparantly this does not occur in XHTML output, so I assume that
> > the error lies with FOP or the fo produced by xsltproc, is this
> > a known problem?
>
> It isn't clear what you mean when you say they don't work.
> I suspect you mean it doesn't appear in the output.
> That is the case if they graphic or mediaobject
> appears as a direct child of articleinfo.
> It will appear if you put it inside, say, legalnotice.
> That is what the stylesheets are doing, not the
> processor.  It applies to XHTML output as well.
>
> The articleinfo content is processed as part of the
> titlepage machinery, which is highly customizable
> (which it needs to be since everyone wants their
> titlepages to be different).  The list of elements
> and their order appear in the titlepage spec file
> titlepage.templates.xml (that's .xml) in any of
> the html, xhtml, or fo stylesheet directories.
>
> The spec files don't include graphic or mediaobject directly,
> since that would determine its order on the titlepage
> relative to other elements.  But if a graphic
> or mediaobject is a child of one of the specified
> elements, it will appear when that element is processed.
>
> You can customize the titlepages all you like,
> but you need some doc.  Try:
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/PrintCustomEx.html#TitlePagePrint
>
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