RE: (dsssl) font properties and PIs

[Didier PH Martin <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

Yes there is one but it is not implemented in OpenJade. Here is a link to an
article talking about DSSSL's construction rules and what is and what is not
implemented in Openjade.

Ref: http://www.netfolder.com/DSSSL/DSSSL-markup-Rules.htm

Cheers
Didier PH Martin
http://didier-martin.com


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Zimmerman
Sent: 4 avril, 2003 11:45
To: dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: (dsssl) font properties and PIs


Hi again, two questions (TeX backend of jade):

I would like to get the value that TeX calls "1em".  I suspect I have
to call font-property (12.5.7), but what are the parameters?  Where
are the relevant public IDs listed?

Second, (more of a pure curiosity question), how does one gain access
to processing instructions from DSSSL?  So far the only method I could
think of (and I didn't try it) is to call (children (current-node))
and walk the list.  Why so difficult?  I.e. why isn't there a rule form

(pi ...

like there is

(element ...

Cheers,

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