Kore Nordmann wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 11:52 +0000, Derick Rethans wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Kore Nordmann wrote: >> >>> Find the PDF generation requirements document for the document component >>> attached. >>> >>> This document offers a first discussion base for a requirements >>> specification of PDF generation, which is on the roadmap for this >>> release cycle. It does not involve reading PDF (which would mean >>> converting PDF to Docbook). >> I think that I am missing the posibility to have different layouts. F.e. >> for the cover, TOC, left/right pages and perhaps other sections. > > Different layouts are generally avaialble through the styling of > elements, like mentioned in Central requirements > Layout. > > Left/right pages specific layouting is only required for autogenerated > contents like footnotes and page headers, I think. Those information > will be available to the content generators, even I am still not sure > how to really implement those. > > For the cover I think the discussed integration of pages from other PDF > documents is the most usable way. Maybe we can make this an optional > call from the content generators. A default title document can always be > generated from the available metadata in the document, with custom > styles given by the layout directives mentioned above. > > The table of contents is another of those auto-generated blocks. I will > update the requirements document to clarify on those items.
Other auto-generated blocks: bibliography (list of references), list of tables, list of images, index page. Just look at any 500+ page technical book and you will find those and maybe others. -- Alexandru Stanoi System Developer eZ Systems | http://ez.no -- Components mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ez.no/mailman/listinfo/components
