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Re: [docbook-apps] fop problems
- From: Harald Joerg <haj at oook dot m dot uunet dot de>
- To: "David N. Welton" <davidw at dedasys dot com>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:29:22 +0100
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] fop problems
- References: <87r7wtwxvv.fsf@dedasys.com>
David N. Welton writes:
[...]
So far so good.
fop -fo rivet.fo -pdf rivet.pdf &> oputfile
This seems to generate a lot of errors, characterized by lines such as:
The whole bunch of errors produced by fop is something you can get
accustomed to. I found most of them don't really hurt.
In my PDF files, I've found all of those you have quoted, and I don't
bother since apparently the stylesheets contain enough workarounds
to make fop create acceptable results.
[INFO] area contents overflows area in line
This, however, is a hint.... (see below)
The resulting PDF file doesn't seem to include parts of my text, bits
of XML such as:
<varlistentry>
<term>
<cmdsynopsis>
<arg>BeforeScript</arg>
<arg><replaceable>script</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
[... snipped ...]
Where the cmdsynopsis is more or less not there or 'messed up' (see
the PDF).
A variablelist in docbook takes a 'termlength' attribute, and if you are
using fop, it is advisable to supply a "good" value here. I guess that
the [INFO] above tries to tell you that fop couldn't fit your term into
its place. IIRC this is a "known" fop issue.
--
HTH,
haj
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