Re: [docbook-apps] Docbook, Images, and FOP

[Georges Schmitz <georges.schmitz@heitec.de>]

David 'Dox' Shevitz schrieb:

> I am using FOP to take a docbook document and transform it into a PDF. 
> My problem: the images that I am using continually get stretched, 
> filling up far more space than they need to and looking just terrible. 
> I am taking standard screenshots and using GIMP to save them as JPEGs 
> at 72 dpi.
>
You have to set the width explicitly with FOP, eg.

    <imagedata  width="4in" fileref="images/admin-main-window.png" />

> I have tried everything I can think of to stop these images from 
> getting stretched, but with no luck whatsoever. Is this a limitation 
> of FOP? Or is there something I'm not doing? (And yes, I realize this 
> might be more appropriate on a FOP user list, but I thought I'd ask 
> here first since I'm using Docbook.)
>
It would indeed be a very nice feature, if FOP (or a stylesheet 
extension) would respect the resolution, that can be stored in the 
imagedata itself eg. in PNG.  This way one could set the resolution to 
150dpi for print output, which is far enough for screenshots.

Regards,
Georges