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Posted to general@xml.apache.org by fo...@locus.apache.org on 2000/01/27 11:45:48 UTC
cvs commit: xml-site/sources/fop bugs.xml faq.xml implemented.xml limitations.xml
fotis 00/01/27 02:45:48
Modified: sources/fop bugs.xml faq.xml implemented.xml limitations.xml
Log:
reflect differences between xsl wd 1999 (supported by fop) and new xsl wd 2000
include bug list on website
new faqs: on font and on not supported features
Revision Changes Path
1.2 +10 -1 xml-site/sources/fop/bugs.xml
Index: bugs.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-site/sources/fop/bugs.xml,v
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--- bugs.xml 1999/12/10 12:51:38 1.1
+++ bugs.xml 2000/01/27 10:45:47 1.2
@@ -5,5 +5,14 @@
<!-- Bugs -->
<s1 title="Bugs">
- <p>see STATUS file</p>
+ <p>In release version 0.12.0 you cannot use FOP with the commandline XTCommandLine.
+ This results always in the fatal error "Root element must be root". If you need
+ XTCommandLine please use the cvs version, where the bug is fixed.
+ </p>
+ <p>The page count (/Count tag) in the Pages dictionary is 0 in PDF files produced by
+ FOP. Most of the time this doesn't do any harm, but it has been reported to be a
+ problem with xpdf.
+ </p>
+ <p>Colour not continued onto subsequent pages if coloured block goes over page.
+ </p>
</s1>
1.3 +21 -1 xml-site/sources/fop/faq.xml
Index: faq.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-site/sources/fop/faq.xml,v
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--- faq.xml 1999/12/14 12:53:08 1.2
+++ faq.xml 2000/01/27 10:45:47 1.3
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@
<faqs title="FAQ Running FOP">
+ <faq title="Formatting object xxx doesn't work as expected">
+ <q>Q: Feature xxx of the XSL Working Draft 12 January 2000 does not work as it should. Why?</q>
+ <a><p>A: First: Only a small subset of formatting objects and properties is
+ implemented at the moment. Please have a look at the section "Features",
+ which lists the supported fo and properties. Second: At the moment only
+ Working Draft 21 Apr 1999 is supported.
+ </p>
+ </a>
+ </faq>
+
<faq title="Fatal error: Root element must be root">
<q>Q: Running FOP I get the following messages or something similar:
"WARNING: Unknown formatting object http://www.w3.org/XSL/Format/1.0^root"
@@ -23,7 +33,7 @@
</faq>
<faq title="Are font properties allowed here">
- <q>It looks like FOP must be honoring font properties when it shouldn't be?
+ <q>Q: It looks like FOP must be honoring font properties when it shouldn't be?
Example: According to the dtd coming with the xsl-fo spec inline-sequence
shouldn't have any attributes, but FOP doesn't reject them.
</q>
@@ -34,6 +44,16 @@
</p>
<p>The dtd coming with the xsl-fo spec isn't correct in this respect.
</p>
+ </a>
+ </faq>
+
+ <faq title="Embedding fonts">
+ <q>I need some additional fonts in FOP. How I can set embedding fonts?
+ </q>
+ <a>
+ <p>At present, FOP does not support any fonts other than the in-built fonts
+ Times, Helvetica and Courier.
+ </p>
</a>
</faq>
1.2 +1 -1 xml-site/sources/fop/implemented.xml
Index: implemented.xml
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<s1 title="Features">
<s2 title="What's Implemented?">
<p>The following formatting objects and properties of the xsl-fo
- working draft are implemented. Please have also a look at the
+ working draft (21 Apr 1999) are implemented. Please have also a look at the
section on <jump href="limitations.html">limitations</jump>
</p>
</s2>
1.2 +25 -2 xml-site/sources/fop/limitations.xml
Index: limitations.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-site/sources/fop/limitations.xml,v
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<!-- Limitations -->
<s1 title="Limitations">
- <p>Although FOP implements the above listed fo objects and properties, sometimes it does so
- only in a limited way.
+ <p>The main limitation at the moment is: FOP only supports the XSL working draft 21 Apr 1999,
+ not the latest from 12 January 2000. FOP implements the fo objects and properties listed
+ in 'features', sometimes it does so only in a limited way.
</p>
+
+ <s2 title="differences between XSL WD 1999 and 2000">
+ <p>The following formatting objects (supported by FOP) have changed between
+ XSL wd 1999 and wd 2000:
+ </p>
+ <p><sequence-specification> changed to <page-sequence-master></p>
+ <p><sequence-specifier-single> changed to <single-page-master-reference> </p>
+ <p><sequence-specifier-repeating> changed to <repeatable-page-master-reference> </p>
+ <p><sequence-specifier-alternating> changed to <repeatable-page-master-alternatives> </p>
+ <p><display-sequence> changed to <block-container> </p>
+ <p><inline-sequence> <inline-container> </p>
+ <p><display-rule> nuked</p>
+ <p><display-graphic> changed to two tags: <external-graphic> <instream-graphic> </p>
+ <p>The following properties have changed between XSL wd 1999 and wd 2000:
+ </p>
+ <p>page-master-name nuked replaced with master-name</p>
+ <p>page-master-first implemented using conditional page reference object </p>
+ <p>page-master-repeating do</p>
+ <p>page-master-odd do </p>
+ <p>page-master-even do </p>
+ </s2>
+
<s2 title="list-block">
<p>The fo working draft allows describes two ways to markup lists.The list-block must have as
children either: 1) pairs of fo:list-item-label and fo:list-item-body formatting objects, or