AW: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table orientation using XEP?

["Daniel S. Haischt" <sirabyss@gmx.net>]

ok than i'll stick with my standard aligned tables for now ;-)

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@broadjump.com]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 21:34
> An: daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz;
> docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Betreff: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table orientation using
> XEP?
>
>
> Ok, I see what's wrong. My original tests had a table as a child
> of an article and a chapter, so everything worked fine. In real
> life, you have tables as children of sections, paras etc. so it's
> not quite as simple to add in support for psmi. I'll see if I can
> think of something.
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel S. Haischt [mailto:sirabyss@gmx.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:49 PM
> > To: David Cramer; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: AW: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table
> > orientation using
> > XEP?
> >
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > i did something wrong while processing all the various files.
> > now i have setup the three step sequence accordingly, but
> > i still have problems with the psmi.xsl stylesheet because
> > saxon is not able to process the file.
> >
> > i am getting this error ...
> >
> > -------8<------------------8<------------------8<--------------
> > fo:
> >     [style] Transforming into
> > G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\fo
> >     [style] Processing
> > G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\psmi\book.psmi to
> > G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\t
> > arget\docs\fo\book.fo
> >     [style] Loading stylesheet
> > G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\src\documentation\stylesheets
> > \psmi.xsl
> >     [style] Unexpected parent
> > &lt;{http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format}block&gt; for
> > &lt;{http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/
> > resources/psmi}page-sequence&gt;
> >     [style] Failed to process
> > G:\projects\ichilli\ichilli-docs\target\docs\psmi\book.psmi
> >
> > BUILD FAILED
> > file:G:/projects/ichilli/ichilli-docs/build-legacy.xml:209:
> > com.icl.saxon.style.TerminationException: Processing termina
> > ted by xsl:message at line 157
> > ------->8------------------>8------------------>8--------------
> >
> > i guess the problem is in line 101 of psmi.xsl
> >
> > -------8<------------------8<------------------8<--------------
> > <xsl:text>&lt;{http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format}flow&gt;</xsl:text>
> > ------->8------------------>8------------------>8--------------
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > i just downloaded psmi.xsl today.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > daniel s. haischt
> > --
> >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@broadjump.com]
> > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 19:31
> > > An: daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz;
> > > docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > Betreff: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table
> > orientation using
> > > XEP?
> > >
> > >
> > > Those are the correct steps. Send me xep's error messages and
> > > I'll see if I can figure it out and (if possible) your test doc.
> > > Also, please let me know if there's anything else special about
> > > your environment (e.g. other customizations). Does it break for
> > > you using http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.xml
> > > as your test doc?
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > P.S. Daniel, I'd replied to the copy of this message that came
> > > directly to me last night, but my reply appears not to be
> > getting through:
> > >
> > >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > <daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz>... Deferred: Connection
> > > refused by daniel-s-haischt.biz.
> > > Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
> > > Will keep trying until message is 5 days old
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Daniel S. Haischt [mailto:sirabyss@gmx.net]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:24 PM
> > > > To: David Cramer; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > > Subject: AW: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table
> > > > orientation using
> > > > XEP?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > hello,
> > > >
> > > > i did the following steps ...
> > > >
> > > >  1) processed book.xml to book.psmi using docbook-psmi.xsl
> > > >  2) processed book.psmi to book.fo using psmi.xsl
> > > >  3) processed book.fo to book.pdf using XEP 2.7
> > > >
> > > > unfortunatly XEP dumps alot of error messages because
> > > > the generated FO markup seems to be invalide.
> > > >
> > > > are the above steps wrong?
> > > > should i just convert the xml file that contains the actual
> > > > table to *.psmi?
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > > daniel s. haischt
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > > > Von: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@broadjump.com]
> > > > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 07:54
> > > > > An: daniel.haischt@daniel-s-haischt.biz;
> > > > > docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > > > Betreff: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table
> > > > orientation using
> > > > > XEP?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The docbook xsls put a <fo:block-container
> > > > > reference-orientation="90"> around the table if the it has the
> > > > > attribute orient="land". I did some experiments with XEP 2.7
> > > > > (which also requires absolute-position="fixed" on the
> > > > > block-container to use reference-orientation) and the evaluation
> > > > > version of 3.0, but never got good results. My understanding of
> > > > > block-container is that if the content of the table won't fit on
> > > > > one page, then it just flows off into never-never land rather
> > > > > than flowing to a new page.
> > > > >
> > > > > To do true landscaped tables requires Ken Holman's PSMI trick
> > > > > <http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/resources/psmi/index.htm>: He
> > > > > provides an xsl that rearranges your page sequences based on
> > > > > special markup you add to the fo file. I just took a stab at
> > > > > adding it to a docbook xsl customization. To use it, first
> > > > > process your doc containing <table orient="land"> with this xsl:
> > > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/docbook-psmi.xsl
> > > > > Feed the result of that transformation to Ken's psmi.xsl, and
> > > > > then process the result of that with your renderer (it should
> > > > > work with any renderer that can process fo files from the
> > > > docbook xsls).
> > > > >
> > > > > There's one small problem I notice in my test doc: psmi.xsl
> > > > > faithfully preserves the characteristics of your original page
> > > > > sequence in creating the new ones. Since the docbook xsls have a
> > > > > region-after-first that lacks a page number, the first
> > page after
> > > > > the landscaped table also lacks a page number (since it's the
> > > > > first page in the sequence). The easy workaround is to
> > add a page
> > > > > number to the first page of the chapter.
> > > > >
> > > > > For some reason directory listings aren't working, so here are
> > > > > links to the test doc and pdf:
> > > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.pdf
> > > > > http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/tabletest/tabletest.xml
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Daniel S. Haischt [mailto:sirabyss@gmx.net]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:42 AM
> > > > > To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > > > Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: [QUESTION] landscaped table
> > orientation using
> > > > > XEP?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > i've read throught the mailing list archive and noticed,
> > > > > displaying tables in landscape orientation might not be
> > > > > supported, deppending on which transforming tool someone
> > > > > is using.
> > > > >
> > > > > so here comes my question ...
> > > > >
> > > > > does the following configuration produce landscaped tables?
> > > > >
> > > > >  - XEP FO processor
> > > > >  - docbook-xsl v1.58.1
> > > > >
> > > > > XEP is configured to output PDF files.
> > > > >
> > > > > With best regards / Mit freundlichen Gruessen
> > > > >
> > > > > Daniel S. Haischt IT Consulting
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