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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: correct way to customize FO-stylesheets
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 12:31:09PM +0100, Martin.Stemplinger@hvbsystems.com wrote: > Hi, > > i'm using docbook-xsl with fop to generate PDF. This works quite well, but > the resulting output is rather simple. I'd like to enhance the stylesheet to > resemble our corporate design. > > Now the question is: what is the "correct" way to do this? I know how to > define custom > <fo:page-master-sequence> and related elements, but being lazy I'd like to > reuse as much as possible from norm's great stylesheets :->. > > Any hints? First, thank Norm for designing the stylesheets to be customized. 8^) You can create a customization layer that changes just what you want changed and leaves the rest in place. See http://www.dpawson.co.uk/docbook/styling/custom.html for the general method of customizing. You can customize many aspects of the page masters using the parameters defined in the stylesheets. The parameters are documented in fo/param.xml (that's .xml, not .xsl) in the stylesheet distribution. The actual set of default parameters is in fo/param.xsl. To further customize the fo page layout, you'll need to add a template named "setup.pagemasters" to your customization to override that template in the stylesheet. The existing template is in the file fo/pagesetup.xsl. If you keep the same master-names, but change the settings, then your new page masters will fit right in. -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@caldera.com
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