You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Art Welch <ar...@EASTPOINT.COM> on 2002/01/16 23:27:38 UTC
RE: advice please. fop or xslt / extensions for wrapped TEXT and/
or MIF output?
If you do not need to match an output format like PDF/PS/PCL/etc then I
would recommend using XSLT to transform the XML into text. This will be much
faster and more precise. The FOP text renderer can be very difficult to work
with to get acceptable output - it can work, but it is not easy to get
there.
To do XSLT you just end up doing a lot of padding, but at least you
generally get what you ask for. With the FOP text renderer you may get extra
spaces or overlapping text depending on how things are set up.
Art
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall J. Parr [mailto:RParr@TemporalArts.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:54 PM
To: fop-dev@xml.apache.org
Subject: advice please. fop or xslt / extensions for wrapped TEXT and/or
MIF output?
I have XML which I am already transforming into HTML using XSLT.
I also have to transform this same XML into TEXT and MIF and/or PDF.
The TEXT output has to be formatted as below into simple columns and
descriptive blocks
(eg "SCOTT NUM STUFF...") which are word-wrapped.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
PRODNUM DESCRIP-BLOCK
..........F....T............T.......................................M#######
.##.
123456 SCOTT NUM STUFF: CONDITION QUALITY: DESCRIPTION lsjfla djf
PRICE
sdf sadf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf sadf asdf asdf asd
f dfasd fasdf asdf asdf asdf adlgjawoeij sadfn asdf asdf.
1234.00
123457 9: NH VF: 1985 Midsummer Pole I
2.0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
I am seeking advice as to how best to proceed in producing the TEXT and/or
MIF output.
I ask here because I have seen similar questions discussed here in the past
but am not sure, given the current status, how best to proceed.
Should I translate into FO and use FOP's TEXT rendering to produce the
above?
Should I translate to TEXT using plain XSLT and/or XSLT extensions for
formatting TEXT?
Should I translate into FO and use FOP's MIF output option?
Should I approach this is in some other manner?
Thanks
R.Parr
Temporal Arts
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-dev-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org
For additional commands, email: fop-dev-help@xml.apache.org
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-dev-unsubscribe@xml.apache.org
For additional commands, email: fop-dev-help@xml.apache.org