Subject: Re: jade/docbook/norm walsh's stylesheets upgrade? From: Norman Walsh <norm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 20:14:11 -0500 |
> *sheesh* I _really_ tried to be patient before send off mail, but of course > sent too soon. It turns out that the print style sheets I'm using are some > vintage of yours, but the html ones are of some other lineage. Your new html > ones work great. Small details like lots of lines of > > jade:/home/tgl/SGML/dbhtm09.d/docbook/html/dbtable.dsl:343:17:E: invalid > value for "attributes" characteristic > > might be due to my overuse of unnecessary attributes in my table sources, and > I'll strip them down to the minimum soon. My initial tests were led astray my > misuse of your new stylesheets. Thanks for the pointers. Them's error, Tom. I'd like to fix them, er, before Christmas. Can you send me a small document that causes them? > The print tables still have a peculiar appearance, probably due to my misuse. > In the example included at the end of this message, I get something like > > Table 1-1. Supported Platforms > DECstation 3000 > Alpha AXP > OSF/1 2.1, 3.0, 3.2 > ... > Architecture > Processor > Operating System > > Where I would like > Table 1-1. Supported Platforms > Architecture Processor Operating System > DECstation 3000 Alpha AXP OSF/1 2.1, 3.0, 3.2 > .... Yikes! You should be getting what you'd like. > (The stuff is scattered all over the page, but lines up in a predictable way; > I've probably got the wrong number of spaces in the example above. I _know_ > I'm doing something wrong, but could use a hint; I took the table templates > directly from the O'Reilly dtdparse web page.) Under casual inspection, the source looks ok. Can you please send me a complete instance and the HTML output that you get From the stylesheet when you run it. > > P.S. I haven't tried JadeTeX in a long time. Does anyone with > > more experience have any comments? > > Is there another alternative for print output? I regret to say, I tend to use RTF output and print 'em with word. When Linux supports the NTFS file system in R/W mode (someone tell me it already does and I missed the announcement! ;-), I'll be moving back to JadeTeX more aggressively. > Thanks again for your help. In the span of a few minutes I'm over the biggest > hurdle and have ~100 pages of typeset and html documentation. Always glad to help... Cheers, norm -- Norman Walsh <nwalsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | "Bother", said Pooh, as he Senior Application Analyst | deleted his root directory. ArborText, Inc. (www.arbortext.com) | 413.549.3868 Voice/FAX | DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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