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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: More on PDF
See inline... On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:35:57PM -0700, Lane Stevens wrote: > I am creating some graphics with StarOffice to include in a document. I am > able to export the graphics into eps format, and then convert to (e?)pdf > format with the epstopdf tool. > > My questions: > 1) If I use a statement like this: > <figure float="1" id="DFD0"> > <title>Context-level dataflow diagram</title> > <mediaobject> > <imageobject> > <imagedata format="pdf" align="Center" fileref="./images/SDGDFD0.pdf"> > </imageobject> > </mediaobject> > </figure> > > in my sgml document, then I get the following complaint from openjade: > > openjade:sdd.sgml:237:25:E: value of attribute "FORMAT" cannot be "PDF"; > must be one of "BMP", "CGM-CHAR", "CGM-BINARY", "CGM-CLEAR", "DITROFF", > "DVI", "EPS", "EQN", "FAX", "GIF", "GIF87A", "GIF89A", "JPG", "JPEG", > "IGES", "PCX", "PIC", "PNG", "PS", "SGML", "TBL", "TEX", "TIFF", "WMF", > "WPG", "LINESPECIFIC" > > If I leave > the format attribute out entirely, no graphic appears, but the validation > step goes much better. How should my graphic be declared in the file in > order for me to successfully use the PDF graphic? > After some research, I found that if I edit the dbnotn.mod file I could eliminate the validation error. I added PDF to notation.class, and then added a line among the other notation declarations: <!NOTATION PDF SYSTEM "PDF"> My DTD is docbook 4.1, and for some reason it doesn't feel right having to make a change to the DTD to make this work. Is there a more appropriate way to have solved this problem? or am I completely missing the boat somewhere? > 2) In my source (e.g., the StarOffice file), I have sized the graphic to be > the size that I need for my target document. I suspect that there are > better ways to scale and specify the target size. Are there? > > 3) It is my intention to export the graphic in GIF format to use in the > production of HTML documents, and then use multiple imageobject statements > to select based on the type of target document that is to be produced. Is > this an acceptable approach or is there a better way? By way of background, > I have set the preferred-media-object-notations in the respective driver > files to cause the selection to take place, and I use a separate driver for > HTML and print (pdf) output and am willing to stick with this approach > for now. > > I would appreciate advice and pointers to information from anyone that can > offer some help. > > Thanks, > Lane. > -- > Lane Stevens > Terrapin Technologies, Inc. > http://www.cycletime.com -- Lane Stevens Terrapin Technologies, Inc. http://www.cycletime.com
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