Re: [docbook-apps] dblatex (was Re: [docbook-apps] Show off what you've done with Docbook)

[Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015, ben.guillon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It seems that xelatex is not found when dblatex tries to run it. To check 
> what happens, append -V to the dblatex command to print out the actual 
> command runned that fails. We can investigate further but I suggest to switch 
> to the dblatex mailing list for this.

That was it!  Added the FreeBSD ports print/tex-xetex and 
print/tex-dvipdfmx, and it renders with the new dblatex.  Now it just 
needs some customizations.  Thanks to both you and Mike Maxwell!

> On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:02:56 +0200, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, maxwell wrote:
> > > Does your system die during the dblatex phase, or the LaTeX phase?  We 
> > > hardly ever see a failure in the dblatex phase, unless there's actually an 
> > > error in the DocBook XML.
> >
> > This example is a known-good DocBook XML file.  However, I can't say for 
> > sure that the XSL file is current or working, and the problem might be 
> > there.  "tag:" warnings trimmed:
> >
> > dblatex book.parsed.print.xml -p 
> > /usr/devel/doc/share/xml/freebsd-dblatex.xsl -T simple -b xetex -d -o 
> > book.pdf
> > ...
> > tag: default template used in programlisting or screen
> > Build book.parsed.print.pdf
> > /tmp/tmpUWdRvD not removed
> > Unexpected error occured
> > Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> >
> > Adding -D to the command gives a Python traceback, which might tell 
> > something useful but not to me.