Use of colors in fop
Dear fop developers, One of the things I would like to see in fop is proper color management. Of course, just wanting it is not enough, so I would even create a patch for that :). I do have some extra time this weekend and next week. To coordinate and get my idea reviewed here's my plan: Color is currently handled very inconsistently in many places. In some cases it is handled as r/g/b values in an int[], in others a class, sometimes with or without colorspace information. There is duplicated code in many places. What I would like to do: - Replace ALL occurences of color values with a common color class. I would suggest java.awt.Color and java.awt.color.Colorspace. They have proper support. - Convert that color to the target space no earlier than the output renderer The default target color space is probably sRBG for most screen display devices. For PDF it is a little more complicated. Ideally there would be some kind of PDF-mode option, with possible values of PDF/A-1a, Pdf (print), PDF (screen), PDF (print B/W), PDF (print Grayscale), ... .For now, using CMYK for PDF should be sufficient. Once color is properly used it should be no problem to implement the rgb-cc() and colorspace() functions. Quenstions? Comments? Max Berger -- PGP/GnuPG ID: E81592BC Print: F489F8759D4132923EC4 BC7E072AB73AE81592BC For information about me or my projects please see http://max.berger.name signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Project xml-fop (in module xml-fop) failed
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Project xml-fop (in module xml-fop) failed
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Re: Combine FOP & PDFBox efforts?
Hi Christian, Currently I am the only developer that works consistently on PDFBox, other developers contribute occasionally. I just meant to introduce myself as I assume you would not know who I am. I was proposing that PDFBox would remain on SourceForge, but I am open to other possibilities. As far as I can tell that would not need to change, is there a reason it should? Ben > Ben Litchfield schrieb: > > Hello all, > > Hi Ben, > > > I am the main developer of PDFBox, an open source(BSD) PDF library. > > How many other developers are working on PDFBox? > > [..] > > > I propose that classes in FOP's package be 'merged' into the PDFBox > > library and FOP utilize PDFBox for PDF functionality. > > Are you proposing to do this on SourceForge or here at the ASF? > > -- > Christian > >
Re: Combine FOP & PDFBox efforts?
Ben Litchfield schrieb: > Hello all, Hi Ben, > I am the main developer of PDFBox, an open source(BSD) PDF library. How many other developers are working on PDFBox? [..] > I propose that classes in FOP's package be 'merged' into the PDFBox > library and FOP utilize PDFBox for PDF functionality. Are you proposing to do this on SourceForge or here at the ASF? -- Christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Project xml-fop (in module xml-fop) failed
To whom it may engage... This is an automated request, but not an unsolicited one. For more information please visit http://gump.apache.org/nagged.html, and/or contact the folk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project xml-fop has an issue affecting its community integration. This issue affects 1 projects, and has been outstanding for 29 runs. The current state of this project is 'Failed', with reason 'Build Failed'. For reference only, the following projects are affected by this: - xml-fop : XSL-FO (Formatting Objects) processor Full details are available at: http://vmgump.apache.org/gump/public/xml-fop/xml-fop/index.html That said, some information snippets are provided here. The following annotations (debug/informational/warning/error messages) were provided: -DEBUG- Sole output [fop.jar] identifier set to project name -INFO- Made directory [/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/build/classes] -INFO- Failed with reason build failed -INFO- Failed to extract fallback artifacts from Gump Repository The following work was performed: http://vmgump.apache.org/gump/public/xml-fop/xml-fop/gump_work/build_xml-fop_xml-fop.html Work Name: build_xml-fop_xml-fop (Type: Build) Work ended in a state of : Failed Elapsed: 33 secs Command Line: java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xbootclasspath/p:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-commons/java/external/build/xml-apis.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xerces2/build/xercesImpl.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xalan/build/serializer.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xalan/build/xalan-unbundled.jar org.apache.tools.ant.Main -Dgump.merge=/x1/gump/public/gump/work/merge.xml -Dbuild.sysclasspath=only package [Working Directory: /usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop] CLASSPATH: /opt/jdk1.5/lib/tools.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/build/classes:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-jmf.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-swing.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-apache-resolver.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-trax.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-junit.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-nodeps.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant.jar:/usr/local/gump/packages/junit3.8.1/junit.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-commons/java/build/resolver.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-swing.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-css.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-bridge.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-xml.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-svg-dom.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-awt-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-transcoder.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-gui-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-dom.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-ext.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-script.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-svggen.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-parser.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-extension.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-gvt.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/excalibur/framework/api/target/excalibur-framework-api-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/excalibur/framework/impl/target/excalibur-framework-impl-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-commons/logging/target/commons-logging-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-commons/io/build/jakarta-commons-io-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-servletapi/dist/lib/servlet.jar - [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/image/PNGImage.java:57: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class PNGRed [javac] location: class org.apache.fop.image.PNGImage [javac] PNGRed red = new PNGRed(stream, param); [javac] ^ [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/image/PNGImage.java:57: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class PNGRed [javac] location: class org.apache.fop.image.PNGImage [javac] PNGRed red = new PNGRed(stream, param); [javac] ^ [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/table/TableCellLayoutManager.java:340: warning: [deprecation] addBorders(org.apache.fo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Project xml-fop (in module xml-fop) failed
To whom it may engage... This is an automated request, but not an unsolicited one. For more information please visit http://gump.apache.org/nagged.html, and/or contact the folk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project xml-fop has an issue affecting its community integration. This issue affects 1 projects, and has been outstanding for 29 runs. The current state of this project is 'Failed', with reason 'Build Failed'. For reference only, the following projects are affected by this: - xml-fop : XSL-FO (Formatting Objects) processor Full details are available at: http://vmgump.apache.org/gump/public/xml-fop/xml-fop/index.html That said, some information snippets are provided here. The following annotations (debug/informational/warning/error messages) were provided: -DEBUG- Sole output [fop.jar] identifier set to project name -INFO- Made directory [/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/build/classes] -INFO- Failed with reason build failed -INFO- Failed to extract fallback artifacts from Gump Repository The following work was performed: http://vmgump.apache.org/gump/public/xml-fop/xml-fop/gump_work/build_xml-fop_xml-fop.html Work Name: build_xml-fop_xml-fop (Type: Build) Work ended in a state of : Failed Elapsed: 33 secs Command Line: java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xbootclasspath/p:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-commons/java/external/build/xml-apis.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xerces2/build/xercesImpl.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xalan/build/serializer.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-xalan/build/xalan-unbundled.jar org.apache.tools.ant.Main -Dgump.merge=/x1/gump/public/gump/work/merge.xml -Dbuild.sysclasspath=only package [Working Directory: /usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop] CLASSPATH: /opt/jdk1.5/lib/tools.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/build/classes:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-jmf.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-swing.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-apache-resolver.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-trax.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-junit.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-launcher.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant-nodeps.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/ant/dist/lib/ant.jar:/usr/local/gump/packages/junit3.8.1/junit.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-commons/java/build/resolver.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-swing.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-css.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-bridge.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-xml.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-svg-dom.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-awt-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-transcoder.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-gui-util.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-dom.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-ext.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-script.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-svggen.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-parser.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-extension.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/xml-batik/batik-10032006/lib/batik-gvt.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/excalibur/framework/api/target/excalibur-framework-api-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/excalibur/framework/impl/target/excalibur-framework-impl-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-commons/logging/target/commons-logging-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-commons/io/build/jakarta-commons-io-10032006.jar:/usr/local/gump/public/workspace/jakarta-servletapi/dist/lib/servlet.jar - [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/image/PNGImage.java:57: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class PNGRed [javac] location: class org.apache.fop.image.PNGImage [javac] PNGRed red = new PNGRed(stream, param); [javac] ^ [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/image/PNGImage.java:57: cannot find symbol [javac] symbol : class PNGRed [javac] location: class org.apache.fop.image.PNGImage [javac] PNGRed red = new PNGRed(stream, param); [javac] ^ [javac] /x1/gump/public/workspace/xml-fop/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/table/TableCellLayoutManager.java:340: warning: [deprecation] addBorders(org.apache.fo
Re: Combine FOP & PDFBox efforts?
Ben Litchfield wrote: I propose that classes in FOP's package be 'merged' into the PDFBox library and FOP utilize PDFBox for PDF functionality. I think we should do this for a variety of reasons; -PDFBox & FOP benefit by gaining functionality -PDFBox & FOP benefit by having a larger user base, which means code is used more, tested more, contributed to more -The entire community benefits by having higher quality PDF components available -There are several projects that currently take FOP output and perform post processing with PDFBox, this could be optimized if FOP used PDFBox as its core -Future core PDF development efforts will no longer be duplicated between these two projects Thanks for coming forward with this proposal. It certainly looks like both projects have a lot to gain from such a merge. The one who really needs to comment on this proposal is Jeremias as he had plans to take the PDF library out of FOP's code base and make it a separate library in XML Graphics Commons project. It could be that when we do this, we also merge with PDF Box Libraries. I believe Jeremias is unwell at the moment, so he might not be able to comment for a few days. Jeremias is also well versed in the ASF position on licensing. I wanted to gauge interest from FOP developers and start to think about how we can make this work. What do you guys think? In short its a good idea :) Chris
