discuss: XML->PDF (Was Re: ArchiveMail-HOWTO cont...)
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Re: XML->PDF (Was Re: ArchiveMail-HOWTO cont...)
From:
Intelisoft Microcomputer Systems ####@####.####
Date:
5 Jul 2001 00:14:52 -0000
Message-Id: <SAK.2001.07.05.npqtdrdo@the-do>
Hi Dan,
>Okay, I'm curious... what did you use to go from DocBook XML to PDF? FOP?
>That's the next area I have to investigate for the work I'm doing here.
>(and will finally allow me to move away from the various SGML tools...)
>
I'm quite new to Docbook (about 1 month to be exact). I used the standard tools recommended by LDP.
The "route" i took is not exactly what i wanted (fast, smooth, and easy), but it was the only thing at hand for me.
I know there are better tools out there. So whatever its worth, here it is....:
Docbook XML -> HTML : Docbook DTD, Docbook XML, LDP DSSL, Norman Walsh DSSL, JadeTex, db2html
( macro files from Redhat site). - platform Linux (Tried the windows versions of Jade but it didn't work for me).
Only thing i noticed is that the table of contents can only go 3 levels deep.
Docbook XML->PDF : same as DB->HTML but using db2pdf, output was ok but had problems with .gif files
it only accepts .png. I wasn't satisfied with its rendering using acrobat readers for it did not take advantage of
some features available in the readers. So i tried another and did it the long way.....
HTML->PDF: Using HTMLDOC (a windows tool) by Easy Software Products <http://easysw.com> under
GNU. Output was satisfactory (and i was able to use my .gif files ('whew') ) table of contents: 4 levels (ok for
most docs). However it cannot render html orderered / unordered lists quite well. Tags <LI> <P> blah..blah..blah
</P></LI> appear disjointed in PDF form. I had to manually change it to <P><L> blah..blah.blah</L></P>
regards,
phil
