Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-07 Thread deannelson
I was a bit too quick on the send button on that email ! The fop-pdf-images plugin allows you to include PDF images in FO output for FOP. SVG is native and already included in the FOP processor. In a message dated 12/07/10 02:39:22 Pacific Standard Time, berh...@punkt.de writes: Hello

[docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Browder
I am using fop for pdf output. I have successfully used svg images in my fo covers using docbook customizations with specific fo output. Now I want to use svg images in figures. Has anyone done a docbook customization to do the right thing for using svg image files as formal figures? Thanks.

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread deannelson
Tom, I use SVG files in my formal figures and they work very well. However, if you are using FOP, you need to install a addon package so that FOP can deal with the SVG natively. The package I use is fop-pdf-images. Its a jar file that gets put in the FOP classpath. So this is how it looks as

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread deannelson
Whoops - airball! The SVG should be handled natively in FOP right now! My last reply was for using PDF images embedded into FO in FOP 1.0. Using PDFs do help with visual clarity in FOP IF you have vector based PDFs (not bitmapped imaged). We use PDFs for equipment drawings in our docs. You

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:34, Steve Johnson ste...@caringo.com wrote: right thing and formal figures are ambiguous. I agree, but I thought that should cue someone who has solved the problem. My immediate problem was trying to determine whether I should ping the fop list or not. Since fop

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 13:21, deannelson deannel...@aol.com wrote: Whoops - airball! The SVG should be handled natively in FOP right now! My last reply was for Thanks, Dean, looks like I have an fop problem. -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread deannelson
Tom A couple of things: 1. check the FO output to see what that area looks like. With the example I used, here is the output: fo:block id=id522069 text-align=center fo:external-graphic src=url(images/basicFlow.svg) width=5in height=auto

Re: [docbook-apps] Fo and SVG

2010-12-02 Thread Tom Browder
Dean, and Steve, sorry for the trouble. I had a bad svg file. When I replaced it with a known good one all worked as advertised. Thanks for your help. Regards, -Tom Thomas M. Browder, Jr. Niceville, Florida USA - To