Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:18:03 +0100 (CET) From: "Cordula's Web" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: joachim@dagerot.nu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Converting XSL-FO toPDF? Message-ID: <200312220318.hBM3I2fu035795@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <200312212315.hBLNFS425334@thunder.trej.net> (message from Joachim Dagerot on Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:15:28 %2B0100) References: <200312212315.hBLNFS425334@thunder.trej.net>
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> | how can I convert an XSL-FO file to PDF? > | The XSL-FO file is generated by docbook XSL stylesheets. > | > | I've tried /usr/ports/textproc/fop, but it chokes with a > | lengthy exception dump after the first few pages; so it's > | of no use. > | > | Unfortunately, /usr/ports/print/passivetex is broken as well, > | and won't install at all. > > Have you tried the FOP java package from Apache? > (http://xml.apache.org/fop/index.html) > > I used to run that on my freeBSD and it gave me no problems. (The java > installation however wasn't a walk in the sun) /usr/ports/textproc/fop _is_ the version from Apache. I've also tried the cvs stable and devel versions, with the same result. This doesn't mean that fop doesn't work at all; it just chokes on _some_ files, including what I'm trying to feed it. Using native jdk1.3.1 with fop. Tried bigger VM resource limits and all. FOP simply doesn't cut it (yet?). I'm hacking on a work-around right now: an XSLT stylesheet that transforms (a very limited set of) DocBook markup directly to LaTeX code, then post-process with latex. It's not perfect, and a lot of boring, tedious DocBook <-> LaTeX mapping work, but at least, it works (as said, for a small DocBook subset). At the very least, it is an XSLT learning exercise... :-) Someone really should fix the passivetex port though... Thank you. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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