[Docutils-develop] Odt Writer for Docutils

[john f. l. <jf...@ro...>]

Hi,

I'm trying to generate .odt files with paper size a4 from .rst files.

I'm trying to follow the directions from

 
http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/odt.html#defining-and-using-a-custom-stylesheet

I use debian 7.6 64bit linux. I used

  apt-get install python-docutils

to install the docutils programs.

I  copied

  /usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/styles.odt

to my home directory.

I opened it there and changed

  Format| Page | Paper format | Format

from Letter to A4

I saved

  /usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/styles.odt

as

  /usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/styles.odt-dist

and then saved my copy as

  /usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/styles.odt

No one ever uses letter sized paper in Thailand, and I can change it in 
any individual letters I write on letter size paper. I think I have 
written one in the last 12 years :).

I changed ownership and permissions to match the distribution

ls -l /usr/share/docutils/writers/odf_odt/
total 40
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16403 Jul 23 12:19 styles.odt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16500 Jun 27  2011 styles.odt-dist

But when I run

  rst2odt ooncd.en.rst ooncd.en.odt

ooncd.en.odt is still formatted for letter-size paper.

Can you see what I've done wrong?

Thanks.

-- 
John Francis Lee
Thanon Sanam Gila, Ban Fa Sai
79/151 Moo 22 T. Ropwieng
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
Thailand