Re: jade/docbook/norm walsh's stylesheets upgrade?

[Norman Walsh <norm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> *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
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