Subject: Re: [xsl] Side notes layout in xslt? From: "Andre Cusson akhu01@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:45:06 -0000 |
How about going to simple, XSLT friendly (x)html pages, with tables and divs, and then print the html pages to pdf ? Le jeu. 14 oct. 2021 C 07:48, Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a C)crit : > Hi, > > There is also a complication. Contributors to this list have > offered pointers to solutions using XSLT and XSL-FO, but they have not > stressed addressed the "no cost" context: > > - There is only one widely available *free* FO engine (or cake baking > machine), namely Apache FOP. > - For those able to support software development by buying licenses, there > are also FO engines that are more fully-featured and more capable than FOP, > which is free to use, but bare bones > - The "aligning pagination on two parallel texts, one with side notes" > requirement is the kind of thing that is straightforward using a commercial > engine but maybe not quite so easy using the bare-bones FOP. Or it may be > easy, perhaps if you can recast the problem to be easier (as Tony Graham > shows). You have to have done it to know, and it varies by problem. Readers > have already offered hints and tips as to how to go about this one. > > So the answer to "can you get a free cake baking machine" is yes, but it > won't be as nice as the one you pay for and the cakes might not be as nice > either, depending on what you need for cake. > > Further complication is that XSL-FO is only one option for a 'taxi > format': people are also making print and PDF by other means, even with > XSLT. > > Regards, Wendell > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 3:53 AM Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx < > xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> *Subject:* [xsl] Side notes layout in xslt? >> >> >> Before I start this I'm looking for confirmation this is possible in xslt. >> >> >> >> You're misunderstanding the role of XSLT here. XSLT transforms your XML >> to some other format, such as HTML, XSL-FO, CSS, etc. You could even use it >> to transform directly to PDF if you were prepared to do a lot of work. The >> question is (a) what format are you converting to, and (b) does that format >> support side notes (and if so how). Once you've established that the target >> format supports side-notes, the answer to the question whether you can >> generate the side-notes using XSLT will be "yes". >> >> Your question is a bit like asking whether you can bake a chocolate cake >> using Java. If you have a cake baking machine connected to your computer >> and you know what instructions you need to send it, the answer is yes; if >> you don't, then the answer is no. Your question is really one about cake >> baking machines, not about Java. >> >> XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> >> EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/3183067> (by >> email) >> XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> >> EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/293509> (by >> email) >> >> >> XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> >> EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/174322> (by >> email) >> > > > -- > ...Wendell Piez... ...wendell -at- nist -dot- gov... > ...wendellpiez.com... ...pellucidliterature.org... ...pausepress.org... > ...github.com/wendellpiez... ...gitlab.coko.foundation/wendell... > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/3035779> (by > email <>)
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