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Subject: AW: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table orientation using XEP?
hello, i did something wrong while processing all the various files. now i have setup the three step sequence accordingly, but i still have problems with the psmi.xsl stylesheet because saxon is not able to process the file. i am getting this error ... -------8<------------------8<------------------8<-------------- fo: [style] Transforming into G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\fo [style] Processing G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\psmi\book.psmi to G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\t arget\docs\fo\book.fo [style] Loading stylesheet G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\src\documentation\stylesheets\psmi.xsl [style] Unexpected parent <{http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format}block> for <{http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/ resources/psmi}page-sequence> [style] Failed to process G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\psmi\book.psmi BUILD FAILED file:G:/projects/ichilli/ichilli-docs/build-legacy.xml:209: com.icl.saxon.style.TerminationException: Processing termina ted by xsl:message at line 157 ------->8------------------>8------------------>8-------------- i guess the problem is in line 101 of psmi.xsl -------8<------------------8<------------------8<-------------- <xsl:text><{http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format}flow></xsl:text> ------->8------------------>8------------------>8-------------- any ideas? i just downloaded psmi.xsl today. regards daniel s. haischt -- > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@broadjump.com] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 19:31 > An: daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz; > docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org > Betreff: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table orientation using > XEP? > > > Those are the correct steps. Send me xep's error messages and > I'll see if I can figure it out and (if possible) your test doc. > Also, please let me know if there's anything else special about > your environment (e.g. other customizations). Does it break for > you using http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.xml > as your test doc? > > David > > P.S. Daniel, I'd replied to the copy of this message that came > directly to me last night, but my reply appears not to be getting through: > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > <daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz>... Deferred: Connection > refused by daniel-s-haischt.biz. > Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours > Will keep trying until message is 5 days old > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel S. Haischt [mailto:sirabyss@gmx.net] > > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:24 PM > > To: David Cramer; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org > > Subject: AW: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table > > orientation using > > XEP? > > > > > > hello, > > > > i did the following steps ... > > > > 1) processed book.xml to book.psmi using docbook-psmi.xsl > > 2) processed book.psmi to book.fo using psmi.xsl > > 3) processed book.fo to book.pdf using XEP 2.7 > > > > unfortunatly XEP dumps alot of error messages because > > the generated FO markup seems to be invalide. > > > > are the above steps wrong? > > should i just convert the xml file that contains the actual > > table to *.psmi? > > > > regards > > > > daniel s. haischt > > -- > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@broadjump.com] > > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 07:54 > > > An: daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz; > > > docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org > > > Betreff: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table > > orientation using > > > XEP? > > > > > > > > > The docbook xsls put a <fo:block-container > > > reference-orientation="90"> around the table if the it has the > > > attribute orient="land". I did some experiments with XEP 2.7 > > > (which also requires absolute-position="fixed" on the > > > block-container to use reference-orientation) and the evaluation > > > version of 3.0, but never got good results. My understanding of > > > block-container is that if the content of the table won't fit on > > > one page, then it just flows off into never-never land rather > > > than flowing to a new page. > > > > > > To do true landscaped tables requires Ken Holman's PSMI trick > > > <http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/resources/psmi/index.htm>: He > > > provides an xsl that rearranges your page sequences based on > > > special markup you add to the fo file. I just took a stab at > > > adding it to a docbook xsl customization. To use it, first > > > process your doc containing <table orient="land"> with this xsl: > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/docbook-psmi.xsl > > > Feed the result of that transformation to Ken's psmi.xsl, and > > > then process the result of that with your renderer (it should > > > work with any renderer that can process fo files from the > > docbook xsls). > > > > > > There's one small problem I notice in my test doc: psmi.xsl > > > faithfully preserves the characteristics of your original page > > > sequence in creating the new ones. Since the docbook xsls have a > > > region-after-first that lacks a page number, the first page after > > > the landscaped table also lacks a page number (since it's the > > > first page in the sequence). The easy workaround is to add a page > > > number to the first page of the chapter. > > > > > > For some reason directory listings aren't working, so here are > > > links to the test doc and pdf: > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.pdf > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.xml > > > > > > David > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Daniel S. Haischt [mailto:sirabyss@gmx.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:42 AM > > > To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org > > > Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table orientation using > > > XEP? > > > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > i've read throught the mailing list archive and noticed, > > > displaying tables in landscape orientation might not be > > > supported, deppending on which transforming tool someone > > > is using. > > > > > > so here comes my question ... > > > > > > does the following configuration produce landscaped tables? > > > > > > - XEP FO processor > > > - docbook-xsl v1.58.1 > > > > > > XEP is configured to output PDF files. > > > > > > With best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen > > > > > > Daniel S. Haischt IT Consulting > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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