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Re: [docbook-apps] fop problems
- From: davidw at dedasys dot com (David N. Welton)
- To: Harald Joerg <haj at oook dot m dot uunet dot de>
- Cc: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: 19 Feb 2004 10:38:05 +0100
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] fop problems
- References: <87r7wtwxvv.fsf@dedasys.com> <403287B2.8000702@oook.m.uunet.de>
Harald Joerg <haj@oook.m.uunet.de> writes:
> The whole bunch of errors produced by fop is something you can get
> accustomed to. I found most of them don't really hurt.
The problem is the inexistant output, so one or more of them are
evidently problematic:-)
> 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.
Hrm... what would a 'good' value be? It seems odd to have something
like this - a presentation detail - be present in DocBook itself.
Thankyou,
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