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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: callouts and admonitions
thanks. It was an accident posting to the wrong list, sorry. (typed the wrong thing in) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@caldera.com> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 6:30 PM Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: callouts and admonitions > [I moved this thread to docbook-apps where it is more > appropriate. The docbook list is for DTD discussion]. > > > From: fyl2xp1 <vnhu38f93@subdimension.com> > > > > If I want to use the callouts or admonitions in my files I am currently placing a copy of the images directory (a customised copy containing the files I need) in the directory that I am executing the command sequences needed to generate the files. > > > > This does not feel like it is the correct way to do this as I would assume that the > > style-sheet programs should create these directories automatically and place any > > files needed in them? > > > That would be a nice feature, but XSLT has no facilities > of its own to create directories and copy binary files. > It would require extension functions. > > I presume you are running into this for print output, since > HTML output processing just writes a path in IMG src > attributes but doesn't actually access the graphics files. > > For print output you can use the 'callout.graphics.path' > and 'admon.graphics.path' parameters with the FO stylesheet > to set paths to where the graphics files are installed. > Relative paths work too. That way you don't have to copy > them around. They will get pulled into the PDF output by > the FO processor. Be sure to include a trailing slash on > the paths. > > For HTML processing, those parameter values are written into > the IMG src pathnames, so they should represent the > location of the images relative to the HTML files > in the output. > > Copying the image files to the HTML output directory would be > a nice feature, if the processor knows the output > directory. But if you are just directing unchunked HTML output > to a file, then the XSL processor doesn't know where it is going. > > I generally use Makefiles so I don't forget details > like copying the image files to the output area. > -- > > 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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