Re: [Firebird-docs] ATTN Darcy, and all: PDF rendering

[Darcy O'N. <ds...@sk...>]

Hello,

Well things are moving along pretty well. Here are a few remaining 
issues, some discussion might help resolve them, plus it will give you 
more background on the process.

1. Chapter 1 - Basically, with Ventura a chapter system allows linking 
from the Table of Contents, also we can create one large book from 
multiple XML files. Even though we may have one big book, we could still 
have individual docs.

2. URL Links - Can be fixed, some links will have to me manually 
identified and created but it's a small job that I will do.

3. URL Wreaking Havoc - Mostly fix, a few small adjustments but looks good.

4a. <sect1> Vertical Space  - this is a preference issue, design wise it 
is infinitely adjustable
4b. <sect1> New Page - Looks good for websites, absolutely horrible for 
books, to much white space  and actually that would be  a chapter if you 
did a page break after every <sect1>

5. Blockquotes - Fixed

6. <quote> Double Quotes - Fixed

7. Space Eater (primerif) - Fixed

8. Internal Links - Will work again might require manual intervention

9. <programlisting> White Space - This is the big issue that needs some 
more experimenting. Manual intervention worst case

10. <sgmltag class="starttag"> - Fixed

11. <sgmltag class="genentity"> - Fixed

12. <literal> - Fixed

13. <emphasis> - Fixed

14. Admonitions - Fixed - Graphics will be added later

15. Paragraphs within a listitem shouldn't get bullets - this will be an 
interesting issue as the <para> is so common but Ventura has a hard time 
working with nested tags. Should be able to fix but needs more research

16. listitems in an <orderedlist> - Fixed

17. <literallayout> - partially fixed

18. Tables - Future (can be fixed)

19. command, application, subscript etc. Fixed

20. <computeroutput> - Fixed

21. Smiley's - In professional docs???

22. Nested Lists - Fixed

I'll post a followup message detailing some future issues that may come up.

Darcy