Re: [docbook-apps] MathML and DocBook problems

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

Nikolai Grigoriev wrote:

> What I can suggest instead is a Python script to replace all MathML 
> subtrees with their SVG counterparts, leaving elements from other 
> namespaces intact. Such a thing could be applied to the final FO 
> as a postprocessing step. Would it help? If yes, I will try to set 
> it up in one of the next weekends.

Yes, that would help a lot. Many thanks in advance.

> (In fact, the task is slightly more complicated than mere replacing: 
> the resulting SVG images shall be adjusted vertically to align 
> the baseline of the math with that of the text. Some fiddling with 
> the surrounding FO looks necessary as well).

Hmmm, I'm not sure how to do this. How is fo:instream-foreign-object 
attached to baseline? Does SVG image has something like baseline (maybe 
x-axis can be considered as a baseline)?

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