Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: global font color change in fo output

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

Well, I submitted an RFE for it.


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On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 03:46:48PM -0500, Jeff Beal wrote:
> That's a good idea.  Could that make it into the next release?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@caldera.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:30 PM
> To: Etienne Botha
> Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: global font color change in fo output
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:57:55AM +0000, Etienne Botha wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to create PDF with all the font colors set
> > to a non-black default value. 
> > 
> > At the moment, I cannot find a short way of
> > customizing all fo:block and other fo output in a
> > single place.
> > 
> > Is this possible?
> 
> Yes, if you set properties in the <fo:root> element,
> they apply to the whole document.  You would have
> to modify the template in fo/docbook.xsl that starts
> with:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 
> and change:
> 
>   <fo:root font-family="{$body.font.family}"
>            font-size="{$body.font.size}"
>            color="blue"                  <!-- new property -->
>            text-align="{$alignment}"
>            line-height="{$line-height}">
> 
> There really should be an attribute set that could
> be used in fo:root to set global properties like
> this without having to customize this important
> and big template.
> -- 
> 
> Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
> Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
> Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
> The SCO Group                               fax:   (831) 429-1887
>                                             email: bobs@sco.com

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Bob Stayton                                 400 Encinal Street
Publications Architect                      Santa Cruz, CA  95060
Technical Publications                      voice: (831) 427-7796
The SCO Group                               fax:   (831) 429-1887
                                            email: bobs@sco.com