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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Ignoring image widths in HTML--a solution
Dennis Grace wrote: > A couple weeks back, Camille posed this question: > > > I am using in my documents the same image format for both PDF and HTML > outputs (PNG). Though I want to specify the width for PDF output but not > for HTML. An option is to define two different imageobject but I find > much easier to change the XSL template for imageobject and ignore the > width. > > Can someone tell me the easier way to do so? > <<<<< > > I've been working on solutions for the same problem. I, too, found the > two-different-imageobjects solutions less than satisfactory (that whole > dual source issue). the resolution trick is brilliant. Though it is not an option when you have more than one thousand images... > So far, my best solution has been external to DocBook. In GIMP or > PhotoShop, I can alter the resolution to find the optimum pixels/inch > (pixels/mm) for a given size. An image that looks good in the browser at, > say, 640 pixels wide will--at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch (2.8346 > pixels/mm)--be too wide (8.9 in[225.8 mm]) for standard page outputs. > Resetting the resolution to 110 pixels/inch (4.33 pixels/mm) reduces the > print version to a printable width of 5.8 in ( 147.8 cm) while retaining > the total pixel width unaffected for HTML output. > > Dennis Grace > > Information Developer > IBM Linux Technology Center > (512) 838-3937 T/L 678-3937 cell: (512)-296-7830 > dgrace@us.ibm.com > > There are only 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary > and those who don't. > >
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