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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side pane
HI Rob,
I had forgotten about that feature, but it doesn't seem to
control the bookmarks window pane like Richard requested.
When the fop1.extensions param is set to 1, the fop1.xsl stylesheet module is
used and outputs standard XSL 1.1 bookmark objects. The 'starting-state'
attribute is controlled by the DocBook XSL stylesheet param
'bookmarks.collapse', which was added in version 1.75.1:
The param's default value is 1, which sets
starting-state="hide" (which actually hides that bookmark's children, not the
bookmark itself), so it only shows the top-level bookmarks.
The DocBook stylesheet violates the strict hierarchy of the
document in one way: it promotes all the children of the root element to top
level bookmarks. Otherwise the collapsed state would be a single bookmark
for the root element, always requiring a click to expand that to something
useful. The promotion therefore displays the top-level list of elements
like chapters, etc. If 'bookmarks.collapse' = 0, then all those bookmarks
are further expanded into the whole hierarchy in the Bookmarks
pane.
A little more digging I found this interesting Adobe document
entitled Parameters for Opening PDF Files:
I found I could open a PDF file with bookmarks turned off
using a command like this:
<path-to-acrobat-reader>/acrobat.exe /a
pagemode=none filename.pdf
That Adobe document also provides URL syntax for setting this
feature, so if your PDF is being served by HTTP, you could include the setting
in the URL.
As far as getting this setting into the PDF document itself,
the Antenna House doc says it supports setting pagemode in the axf:document-info
extension element. And as Mauritz pointed out earlier, XEP suports a
processing instruction <?xep-pdf-view-mode?> that lets you set the initial
value. But I don't find any such option for FOP.
From: Cavicchio, Rob
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:43 AM
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side
pane It's
been a while since I played with it, but I'm pretty sure that if you use XSL 1.1
bookmark objects (rather than the FOP extension for bookmarks), then the value
of "starting-state" (show or hide) on the top-level bookmark determines if the
bookmark pane is initially displayed. I'm pretty sure this works in FOP
1.0. From: Bob Stayton
[mailto:bobs@sagehill.net] Just for comparison, I checked
the Antenna House and XEP documentation regarding PDF options, and neither of
them seem to have an option for hiding or displaying the bookmarks pane. I
cannot find it in the FOP doc either. I guess the next question is whether
the PDF standard even supports control of the bookmarks
pane. Bob Stayton From: Richard
Henwood Sent: Thursday, September
19, 2013 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [docbook-apps]
initial pdf view with index side pane I have
set fop1.extensions to 1. I believe this just generates the TOC information and
doesn't set the initial view to present the TOC in a left-hand pane... However,
I am aware there are a bunch of setting local to my pdf render that may be
fiddling with the initial presentation. From: Wood
Nick <Nick.Wood@ncia.nato.int> Richard, Have you set the param fop1.extensions
to 1, this works for me. Nick
From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net]
This would be a feature of your XSL-FO
processor that generates the PDF. If you are using FOP, you need to
look at FOP's PDF output configuration, and see if FOP has such a
setting. There is no way to do it in DocBook XSL. Bob Stayton From: Richard Henwood
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:02
PM Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with
index side pane Hi
Bob, From: Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> Hi Richard, Do you mean you want to replace the
PDF bookmarks with a back-of-the-book index in the left pane? Bob Stayton From: Richard Henwood
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:16
PM Subject: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with
index side pane Hi
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