Hi!
I am looking for a xsl-fo processor for fedora core. I am going to write som technical documents and want to convert them to pdf.
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Hi!
I am looking for a xsl-fo processor for fedora core. I am going to write som technical documents and want to convert them to pdf. I have tried docbook2pdf, but I want to customize the layout, therefore I have to (?) use xsltproc and a xsl-fo processor. I wonder if there are any alternatives to fop, and if anyone have any recommendations for docbook writing on fedora.
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Trond Danielsen wrote:
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Hi!
I am looking for a xsl-fo processor for fedora core. I am going to write som technical documents and want to convert them to pdf. I have tried docbook2pdf, but I want to customize the layout, therefore I have to (?) use xsltproc and a xsl-fo processor. I wonder if there are any alternatives to fop, and if anyone have any recommendations for docbook writing on fedora.
there's a whole page of them here:
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/FOprocessors.html
but why do you specifically not want to use FOP? it seems to work, i've used it with great success for quite some time.
rday
On 10/1/06, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@mindspring.com wrote:
but why do you specifically not want to use FOP? it seems to work, i've used it with great success for quite some time.
Is it possible to use FOP without sun-java? I have used it, but I get a lot of errors:
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] FOP 0.20.5 [INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] building formatting object tree [INFO] setting up fonts [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [INFO] JAI support was not installed (read: not present at build time). Trying t o use Jimi instead [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Error in column-width property value '1%': org.apache.fop.fo.expr.Proper tyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [ERROR] Unknown enumerated value for property 'relative-align': baseline [ERROR] Error in relative-align property value 'baseline': org.apache.fop.fo.exp r.PropertyException: No conversion defined [INFO] [1] [INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Trond Danielsen wrote:
On 10/1/06, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@mindspring.com wrote:
but why do you specifically not want to use FOP? it seems to work, i've used it with great success for quite some time.
Is it possible to use FOP without sun-java? I have used it, but I get a lot of errors:
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] FOP 0.20.5 [INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] building formatting object tree [INFO] setting up fonts [ERROR] property - "background-position-horizontal" is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - "background-position-vertical" is not implemented yet.
errors like this have nothing to do with java. you're being told that your version of FOP doesn't support certain features. you can check what's implemented and what isn't here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html#fo-property-section
note how "background-position" is *not* implemented in the current stable version of FOP, but *is* implemented in the current beta version. you might want to try the beta version and see how many of these errors go away.
rday
On 10/1/06, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@mindspring.com wrote:
errors like this have nothing to do with java. you're being told that your version of FOP doesn't support certain features. you can check what's implemented and what isn't here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html#fo-property-section
note how "background-position" is *not* implemented in the current stable version of FOP, but *is* implemented in the current beta version. you might want to try the beta version and see how many of these errors go away.
ah, I see. Thanks! So FOP is currently the best option if I want a xsl-fo processor that is free software?
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Trond Danielsen wrote:
On 10/1/06, Robert P. J. Day rpjday@mindspring.com wrote:
errors like this have nothing to do with java. you're being told that your version of FOP doesn't support certain features. you can check what's implemented and what isn't here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html#fo-property-section
note how "background-position" is *not* implemented in the current stable version of FOP, but *is* implemented in the current beta version. you might want to try the beta version and see how many of these errors go away.
ah, I see. Thanks! So FOP is currently the best option if I want a xsl-fo processor that is free software?
i can't say that it's the "best" option, but it certainly is a *viable* option.
rday
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