Re: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side pane

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

This would be a feature of your XSL-FO processor that generates the PDF.   If you are using FOP, you need to look at FOP's PDF output configuration, and see  if FOP has such a setting.  There is no way to do it in DocBook XSL.

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

From: Richard Henwood

Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 2:02 PM

To: Bob Stayton ; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side pane

Hi Bob,

What I want is when my viewer opens the PDF (I generated from Docbook) for the first time, it presents the user with the table of contents (the 'index' according to evince) in a panel on the left hand side.

This gives the user an overview of the document; without this appearing on initial view, a user may not know it exists.

Something like this: http://blog.rockymountaintraining.com/?p=383

r,

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From: Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>
To: Richard Henwood <rjhenwood@yahoo.co.uk>; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 15:00
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side pane

Hi Richard,

Do you mean you want to replace the PDF bookmarks with a back-of-the-book index in the left pane?

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

From: Richard Henwood

Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:16 PM

To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Subject: [docbook-apps] initial pdf view with index side pane

Hi All,

Is there a switch I can throw to force the PDF that is generated to default to displaying the index as a (left-hand) side bar?

The best I could find from my searching was: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ExtensionsForPdf but I am unsure how to interpret this page. Any help would be gratefully appreciated!

cheers,
Richard