Re: [docbook-apps] Coloring body text portions

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi,
The approaches for HTML and PDF differ somewhat.  For HTML output, it is
easier to export a class attribute on some HTML element and then write a CSS
stylesheet to apply styles such as color.  A few elements like <phrase> and
<emphasis> can export their role attribute value as a class attribute if you
set the right stylesheet parameter.  See this section for an example:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/UsingCSS.html#CustomClass

For PDF output, there are no attribute-sets to do what you want. You
generally need to add templates that respond to a role attribute value in
your document.  Here is an example:

<xsl:template match="literal[@role='reference']">
  <fo:inline color="blue">
    <xsl:apply-imports/>
  </fo:inline>
</xsl:template>

Then any instance of <literal role="reference"> will appear in blue in your
output.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shakun Mahajan" <shakun@customercaresolutions.com>
To: "DocBook App List" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:55 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Coloring body text portions


> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to convert some documents to PDF and HTML by using docbook xml
> format. I have visited the link http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ to get
> some answers but somehow I don't seem to get this one solved.
>
> My original document has certain function names, variable names and some
> normal text etc colored to highlight the code samples and references in
the
> body text.
> I am trying to achieve the same thing using docBook XSL but I do not know
> which attribute-set should be used and how can the colors be changed ?
>
> Can someone please guide me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shakun Mahajan
> Customer Care Inc.
> Office (925) 277-0696
> shakun@customercaresolutions.com
>
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