[Pcgen-trackers_Docs] [ pcgen-Documentation Feature Requests-1543985 ] [OS File Class] Initial classes

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Documentation Feature Requests item #1543985, was opened at 2006-08-21 10:41
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Category: Documentation New Page/Section
>Group: For 6.0
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: [OS File Class] Initial classes

Initial Comment:
What we are missing are probably lessons that show them
in practical use like we do in the LST file classes.
There are a few tricks that can be done when using the
existing tags creatively and some OS classes might
document how to do that. Problem is to find an
experienced OS Monkey with time to write them.

e.g. The example of:

Just saying: You can build that output already.

|SPELLMEM.%class.%spellbook.%level.%spell.SCHOOL| will 
output the spell school.

|SUB2.SPELLMEM.%class.%spellbook.%level.%spell.SCHOOL| 
will give you just the first 2 letters (SUB3 would give 
the first 3, etc.)

and
|SPELLMEM.%class.%spellbook.%level.%spell.SUBSCHOOL| is 
holding the subschools

You will have to insert some IIF statements to cater for 
those schools where you prefer different than the first 2 
letters, though.

-- Frank

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2006-10-16 04:59

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What Frugal typed below would actually be a very good start
on the doc for generating a PDF sheet. Could a tracker
monkey add this to the FREQ for documenting the PDF sheets?
Then maybe a DOC monkey can start on this.

Chuck
OS Chimp

--- In pc...@ya..., "Frugal" <frugal@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, October 13, 2006 12:52 am, Chuck Pint wrote:
> > --- In pc...@ya..., "Jay Anderson"
<IanQuentin@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was curious if there was any documentation that would
explain how
> >> the PDF output sheets worked.
> >>
> >> Specifically, I'm looking to have an output sheet where
the equipment
> >> and weight allowance pieces print on a separate page.
> >
> > That's a FREQ to do one of these days. It never seems to
get a high
> > priority. Your best bet is to take a look at
fantasy_master_std.xslt
> > in the outputsheets\d20\fantasy\pdf directory. The xslt
is not too
> > hard to follow.
>
> PCGen will first create an XML character sheet by using
the standard
> export tokens and the base.xml output sheet. PCGen will
then store
the XML
> character sheet in the tmp directory. It will then run an xslt
> transformation with the character sheet you have selected (eg.
> csheet_fantasy_std_blue.xslt) to create an XSL:FO document
which it then
> converts to PDF.
>
> XSLT links:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt
> http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTreference/Output/index.html
> http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Output/index.html
>
> XSL:FO links:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/
> http://www.zvon.org/xxl/xslfoReference/Output/index.html
> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/
>
> When doing a lot of work on the xslt sheets I tend to run
pcgen,
export a
> character to PDF. Take a look in the temp directory (/tmp
on unixes,
> Documents and Settings\{user}\Local Settings\Temp on
windows) There
should
> be a file something like currentPC_99999.xml. Copy this
file to
whereever
> you are working and then run the FOP process from the
commandline. That
> way you do not need to have PCGen running to test your
sheets, adn each
> test does not need to wait for PCGen to export the XML
file first.
>
> 99% of the functionality for the PDF sheets is stored in
> fantast_master_std.xslt. The main layout is all at the top
of the file,
> and the templates for each of the blocks is stored lower
down in the
file.
> Ideally each block should be factored out into it's own
file but
that is a
> completly different task.
>
> If all you want to do is force a page break before the
equipment block
> then have a look at the line "<xsl:template
match="equipment">". In the
> following line add the 'break-before="page"' attribute to
the fo:block
> element.
>
> --
> regards,
> Frugal
>

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