Re: [Refdb-users] FO stylesheet problem #2: docbook xml book converts to invalid FO

[David N. <dav...@bi...>]

Hi Markus,

<quote who="Markus Hoenicka">
> David Nebauer writes:
>  > Since the source file converts to html perfectly the problem appears
> to  lie with the refdb fo stylesheets.  Since docbook xml articles do
> not  appear to produce the same error, it involves something specific
> to  docbookx books -- or at least not affecting docbookx articles.
> Once  again, however, I am insufficiently knowledgeable about xsl
> (and fo) to  determine the cause of the problem.
>
> Second, you could attempt to process the document using the stock
> DocBook stylesheets. The result will be more than ugly, but this could
> help to isolate the problem. If the RefDB driver files are the
> culprit, the DocBook fo stylesheets should transform the document
> without errors, regardless of how nasty the output is going to look.

I didn't mention it in my message, but I did process the <filename>.xml,
file produced by refdbxml, using the stock docbookx stylesheets.  It
transformed the document into valid FO and subsequently to valid PDF. 
Although it was, as you say, more than ugly.

I guess that leaves us with the third option of a stylesheet version
mismatch.

It's so frustrating to have a workable toolchain just out of reach...

I'll keep prodding away at the problem, but for now it's beyond my skill
level to debug.

Regards,
David.