On Jul 20, Javier Farreres () wrote:
> Some replies to your questions:
>
> >Sadly to say, I have to stuck with "SGML" because until now;
> >I still can not create a good PDF file with Ubuntu/Debian's
> >"out of the box" tools (i.e. with no hacking/patching).
> >
> >
> Hmmm, if you use SGML, creating pdf with OpenJade is quite easy. I do it
> everyday. You just have to apt-get the adequate packages (openjade,
> opensp, docbook-dsssl-stylesheets).
Ditto.
> But listen, you don't have to stay with SGML just for generating PDF.
> You can use openjade tool with XML and generate PDF. It is wrong, as I
> think I have read, that openjade is only for SGML.
>
> >It seems that the "XSL/FO path" is better maintained; but it is
> >recommended not for non-tech fellows (like myself).
> >Whereas the "DSSSL/jade/jadetex path" is more mature;
> >but "not so" maintained anymore (?)
> >
> It is false that openjade is not maintained anymore. I am myself developing
> openjade, and I plan to remove the jadetex tool in a near future making
> openjade output pure tex. If I can, I will do it during august. And expect
> more updates to come next year.
And I maintain the Debian packages of OpenSP and OpenJade, which I spent the
last few weeks getting these and other packages to compile under G++ 4.0,
which is why I haven't had time to read this list until now. :-) New versions
were recently uploaded to sid. If you find bugs using the Debian packages,
file them (http://bugs.debian.org), then I will see them and help.
Some of the other tools in Debian, e.g., docbook-utils, just call OpenJade
under the covers, so if you have a problem with those, file a bug, and I might
be able to help there, too. I fixed a bug in docbook-utils once that
prevented it from working properly on XML files, though it worked on SGML
files. It was quite simple to fix - unfortunately, some people probably gave
up on using the tool for XML before I fixed the bug.
I like the DSSSL toolchain because I can easily create HTML, PDF and RTF (for
those annoying cases where someone tells me they need the document in MS
Word).
> ><Last try.../>
> >Can anyone tell me exactly, what parameters should I
> >use with jade/jadetex, to make "test.pdf" from "test.xml" ?
This set of commands does the trick for me:
openjade -t tex -d docbook/stylesheet/dsssl/modular/print/docbook.dsl declaration/xml.dcl foo.xml
jadetex foo.tex
jadetex foo.tex
jadetex foo.tex
dvipdf foo.dvi foo.pdf
Like others, I have a makefile that I use. I believe jadetex has to be run
multiple times because TeX needs to make multiple passes to get page numbering
and such correct.
> In Debian you have some directory with a lot of help about this. Try
> this file in your debian box:
>
> /usr/share/doc/docbook-dsssl-doc/html/index.html
>
> I hope it helps.
>
> Javi
>
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