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Posted to user@forrest.apache.org by Gavin <ga...@16degrees.com.au> on 2009/03/03 07:51:23 UTC

RE: Error when generating pdf from docbook


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Phipps [mailto:hmphipps@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2009 5:26 AM
> To: user@forrest.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Error when generating pdf from docbook
> 
> I *thought* I had tried this before, with the same result, but
> apparently not because this time it worked.  Thanks!

Great, glad it is now working, and thanks also to Sina - good to see you are
still around helping out!

Cheers

Gav...

> 
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:31 AM, Sina K. Heshmati <si...@khakbaz.com>
> wrote:
> > "Heather Phipps" wrote:
> >
> >> I set up the basic site that comes with Apache Forrest.  The only
> >> changes I made were to add the docbook dtd (v4.4) and add the docbook
> >> stylesheets from sourceforge, add a simple docbook file to the samples
> >> directory (<section><title>title</title><para>para</para></para>) with
> >> a reference in the site.xml file, and added the appropriate sections
> >> to the sitemap.xmap file:
> >>
> >>     <sourcetype name="docbook-v4.4">
> >>      <document-declaration public-id="-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML
> V4.4//EN"/>
> >>     </sourcetype>
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >>    <map:match pattern="**.xml">
> >>     <map:act type="sourcetype" src="{properties:content.xdocs}{1}.xml">
> >>      <map:select type="parameter">
> >>       <map:parameter name="parameter-selector-test"
> value="{sourcetype}"/>
> >>       <map:when test="docbook-v4.4">
> >>        <map:generate src="{properties:content.xdocs}{../1}.xml"/>
> >>        <map:transform
> >>           src="{properties:resources.stylesheets}/docbook-xsl-1.74.3-
> pre
> >> 2/html/docbook.xsl"/>
> >>        <map:transform src="{forrest:forrest.stylesheets}/html-to-
> document.xsl"/>
> >>        <map:transform type="idgen"/>
> >>        <map:serialize type="xml-document"/>
> >>       </map:when>
> >>      </map:select>
> >>     </map:act>
> >>    </map:match>
> >>
> >> When I run the "forrest" command, the site builds as expected except
> >> for the pdf file to the docbook file.  The html page is generated
> >> without a problem, and the site.xml item is added to the menu.  The
> >> following is the error that is displayed when Forrest tries to render
> >> it:
> >>
> >> BROKEN: internal-destination or external-destination must be specified
> >> in basic-link
> >>
> >> I put some good effort into figuring it out, but have not had any
> >> luck.  I am still very new to Forrest (and Cocoon), so I haven't done
> >> any "advanced" debugging.  I'm hoping it's something simple.  Any
> >> ideas?
> >>
> >
> > You can use Docbook XSL-FO stylesheets to generate an FO file, just like
> you did for generating HTML, except that you'd have to process your XML
> source with ${DOCBOOK_XSL}/fo/docbook.xsl. The FO output should then be
> formatted using an FO processor e.g. FOP to generate PDF.
> >
> > -Sina
> >
> >> Other info:
> >> Mac OS 10.5.6
> >> Java 1.5.0_16
> >> Forrest 0.8
> >
> >
> >


RE: Error when generating pdf from docbook

Posted by "Sina K. Heshmati" <si...@khakbaz.com>.
"Gavin" <ga...@16degrees.com.au> said:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Heather Phipps [mailto:hmphipps@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2009 5:26 AM
>> To: user@forrest.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Error when generating pdf from docbook
>>
>> I *thought* I had tried this before, with the same result, but
>> apparently not because this time it worked.  Thanks!
> 
> Great, glad it is now working, and thanks also to Sina - good to see you are
> still around helping out!
> 

My pleasure.

-Sina

>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:31 AM, Sina K. Heshmati <si...@khakbaz.com>
>> wrote:
>> > "Heather Phipps" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I set up the basic site that comes with Apache Forrest.  The only
>> >> changes I made were to add the docbook dtd (v4.4) and add the docbook
>> >> stylesheets from sourceforge, add a simple docbook file to the samples
>> >> directory (<section><title>title</title><para>para</para></para>) with
>> >> a reference in the site.xml file, and added the appropriate sections
>> >> to the sitemap.xmap file:
>> >>
>> >>     <sourcetype name="docbook-v4.4">
>> >>      <document-declaration public-id="-//OASIS//DTD DocBook
>> XML
>> V4.4//EN"/>
>> >>     </sourcetype>
>> >>
>> >> and
>> >>
>> >>    <map:match pattern="**.xml">
>> >>     <map:act type="sourcetype"
>> src="{properties:content.xdocs}{1}.xml">
>> >>      <map:select type="parameter">
>> >>       <map:parameter name="parameter-selector-test"
>> value="{sourcetype}"/>
>> >>       <map:when test="docbook-v4.4">
>> >>        <map:generate
>> src="{properties:content.xdocs}{../1}.xml"/>
>> >>        <map:transform
>> >>          
>> src="{properties:resources.stylesheets}/docbook-xsl-1.74.3-
>> pre
>> >> 2/html/docbook.xsl"/>
>> >>        <map:transform
>> src="{forrest:forrest.stylesheets}/html-to-
>> document.xsl"/>
>> >>        <map:transform type="idgen"/>
>> >>        <map:serialize type="xml-document"/>
>> >>       </map:when>
>> >>      </map:select>
>> >>     </map:act>
>> >>    </map:match>
>> >>
>> >> When I run the "forrest" command, the site builds as expected except
>> >> for the pdf file to the docbook file.  The html page is generated
>> >> without a problem, and the site.xml item is added to the menu.  The
>> >> following is the error that is displayed when Forrest tries to render
>> >> it:
>> >>
>> >> BROKEN: internal-destination or external-destination must be specified
>> >> in basic-link
>> >>
>> >> I put some good effort into figuring it out, but have not had any
>> >> luck.  I am still very new to Forrest (and Cocoon), so I haven't done
>> >> any "advanced" debugging.  I'm hoping it's something simple.  Any
>> >> ideas?
>> >>
>> >
>> > You can use Docbook XSL-FO stylesheets to generate an FO file, just like
>> you did for generating HTML, except that you'd have to process your XML
>> source with ${DOCBOOK_XSL}/fo/docbook.xsl. The FO output should then be
>> formatted using an FO processor e.g. FOP to generate PDF.
>> >
>> > -Sina
>> >
>> >> Other info:
>> >> Mac OS 10.5.6
>> >> Java 1.5.0_16
>> >> Forrest 0.8
>> >
>> >
>> >
> 
>