Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Ignoring image widths in HTML--a solution

[Camille Bégnis <camille@mandrakesoft.com>]

Dennis Grace wrote:
 > A couple weeks back, Camille posed this question:
 >
 >
 > I am using in my documents the same image format for both PDF and HTML
 > outputs (PNG). Though I want to specify the width for PDF output but not
 > for HTML. An option is to define two different imageobject but I find
 > much easier to change the XSL template for imageobject and ignore the
 > width.
 >
 > Can someone tell me the easier way to do so?
 > <<<<<
 >
 > I've been working on solutions for the same problem. I, too, found the
 > two-different-imageobjects solutions less than satisfactory (that whole
 > dual source issue).

the resolution trick is brilliant. Though it is not an option when you
have more than one thousand images...

 > So far, my best solution has been external to DocBook. In GIMP or
 > PhotoShop, I can alter the resolution to find the optimum pixels/inch
 > (pixels/mm) for a given size. An image that looks good in the browser at,
 > say, 640 pixels wide will--at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch (2.8346
 > pixels/mm)--be too wide (8.9 in[225.8 mm]) for standard page outputs.
 > Resetting the resolution to 110 pixels/inch (4.33 pixels/mm) reduces the
 > print version to a printable width of 5.8 in ( 147.8 cm) while retaining
 > the total pixel width unaffected for HTML output.
 >
 > Dennis Grace
 >
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