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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] admon graphics: GIF vs PNG
Le jeu 21/08/2003 à 07:04, Mike Mueller a écrit : > I am using openjade on sgml source on a Debian stable system. > > The admon graphics won't come out unless I use .gif graphics. GIF is bad, > PNG is good, correct? Patent issues and what-not. > > Googling tells me that there is some way to change DSSSL to override the .gif > extensions for admons > (http://developers.cogentrts.com/cogent/prepdoc/pd-customizingthedssslstylesheets.html, > search page for "override"). Most of what I am reading on the web is over my > head. > > Questions: > > 1. I've got admons working with .gifs. Should I just move on or should I > work to rid my docs of .gifs? What's the right thing to do? > > 2. If I should use the .pngs, then is there a recipe for modifying the DSSSL? You must tell your customization layer to use ".png" as admonition grapics extensions: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/dsssl/current/doc/html/admon-graphic.html I wonder btw why there is no admon.graphics.extension parameter as in XSL. > 3. If .gifs are bad then why no .png equivalents in the > docbook-dsssl-1.77/images directory? And why is the default admon image > format GIF? > > 4. Do xml tools handle the .png admons out-of-the-box? It looks like indeed. > 5. Are .png files for admons and callouts available or do they have to be > converted using gimp for example? They are available. > 6. OT: Is it socially acceptable to be using openjade and sgml these days? Sure. Though general tredn show people prefer using XSL for HTML conversion. > I appreciate any and all help or opinions. Thanks. Hope that helps, camille.
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