Re: [docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
Probably not the solution you're looking for, but we have used dblatex http://dblatex.sourceforge.net (not to be confused with the older db2latex). For our use case--grammars of foreign languages, with mixed languages and scripts (Arabic, Bengali, Thaana)--it was probably the only solution. But if you're not familiar with LaTeX, tweaking it might be a steep learning curve. On 11/9/2021 7:01 AM, Randall Wood wrote: I am working on an AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> PDF toolchain for an open source project (so all tooling must be freely available) because the direct AsciiDoc -> PDF toolchain is inadequate for our purposes. I currently have a java/maven-based AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> FOP -> PDF chain within the docbkx-maven-plugin, but would like any suggestions that appear to be better maintained and are cross platform. Randall Wood-- Mike Maxwell "Digital objects last forever--or five years, whichever comes first." --Jeff Rothenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
Re: [docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
Hi. Randall: > I currently have a java/maven-based AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> FOP -> PDF > chain within the docbkx-maven-plugin, but would like any suggestions > that appear to be better maintained and are cross platform. We are using DAPS (https://github.com/opensuse/daps). It's essentially using the same chain you are using though: AsciiDoctor, DocBook XSL, FOP. It's also not exactly cross-platform, it's quite explicitly Linux-only. (We use Docker containers to help with cross-platformness though.) O/n 10/11/2021 09.18, Peter Eisentraut wro/te: > On 09.11.21 22:14, Randall Wood wrote: >> This is the first tool I tried, it is missing a lot of formatting >> capabilities that FOP and Latex have, but with FOP appearing to be all but >> abandoned (and me having some problems with it), I’m looking at a >> replacement for it. > > FOP looks reasonably maintained to me. There is a release about once a year: > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html It is not abandoned but FOP it is a project with few commits and really does have certain issues. In our case, certain fonts and font weights create issues for us, as do a few other layouting quirks around monospace and such. -- Stefan Knorr, technical writer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH: Maxfeldstraße 5 / 90409 Nürnberg/ Germany. HRB 36809, Amtsgericht Nürnberg. Gf. Ivo Totev. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
On 09.11.21 22:14, Randall Wood wrote: This is the first tool I tried, it is missing a lot of formatting capabilities that FOP and Latex have, but with FOP appearing to be all but abandoned (and me having some problems with it), I’m looking at a replacement for it. FOP looks reasonably maintained to me. There is a release about once a year: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
Re: [docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 09:57, Eric Streit wrote: > > hi > > yes, it was the idea. > > https://karinavarela.me/2020/05/06/converting-asciidoc-to-markdown/ This looses a lot as Markdown does not include a number of features of asciidoc (like admonitions). > Taking a look at it, there is also asciidoctorPDF (number different versions) > to get a pdf directly from asciidoc. > > https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf > > https://awesomeopensource.com/projects/asciidoc/asciidoctor-converter?mode= This is the first tool I tried, it is missing a lot of formatting capabilities that FOP and Latex have, but with FOP appearing to be all but abandoned (and me having some problems with it), I’m looking at a replacement for it. So maybe the question I should have asked is: Is a docbook->html->pdf toolchain recommended over a docbook->latex->pdf toolchain? Is there some tooling that is definitely recommended over others for either of those chains? > Eric > > > Le 09/11/2021 à 13:18, Randall Wood a écrit : >>> On Nov 9, 2021, at 07:08, Eric Streit wrote: >>> >>> hi, >>> >>> did you try "pandoc" ? >> Pandoc can’t read asciidoc, so I rejected that tool. Are you suggesting I >> should manually chain a AsciiDoc -> docbook process with Pandoc for docbook >> -> PDF? >>> Eric >>> >>> Le 09/11/2021 à 13:01, Randall Wood a écrit : I am working on an AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> PDF toolchain for an open source project (so all tooling must be freely available) because the direct AsciiDoc -> PDF toolchain is inadequate for our purposes. I currently have a java/maven-based AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> FOP -> PDF chain within the docbkx-maven-plugin, but would like any suggestions that appear to be better maintained and are cross platform. Randall Wood - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
[docbook-apps] Asciidoc -> docbook -> PDF tooling
I am working on an AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> PDF toolchain for an open source project (so all tooling must be freely available) because the direct AsciiDoc -> PDF toolchain is inadequate for our purposes. I currently have a java/maven-based AsciiDoc -> DocBook -> FOP -> PDF chain within the docbkx-maven-plugin, but would like any suggestions that appear to be better maintained and are cross platform. Randall Wood - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
