Re: [XXE] [ditac] Output to pdf - Removing header separator

[Hussein Shafie]

On 09/23/2013 03:29 PM, Vic Steadman wrote:

I am using XMLMind/ditac to output to a pdf file.

I want to be able to turn off the underlining for all headings/titles
but cannot find where this style attribute is controlled.  I would be
grateful if you could advise how I might do this.

--> You need to customize the fo.xsl XSLT stylesheet as explained here:

2. Customizing the look of the PDF files generated by ditac

http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/manual-6.html#customAttributeSet





---
  <xsl:attribute-set name="topic-title">
    <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-style">none</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:attribute-set>
---

The stock value of this attribute-set being:

---
  <xsl:attribute-set name="topic-title" use-attribute-sets="title">
    <xsl:attribute name="font-size">160%</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-width">0.5pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-style">solid</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-color" select="$title-color"/>
    <xsl:attribute name="padding-bottom">0.05em</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">1.5em</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">1.2em</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">1.8em</xsl:attribute>
  </xsl:attribute-set>
---

Attribute-sets having the same name are merged, that's why this works fine.

--> If you want to suppress the underlining for all titles, whatever its kind, your custom fo.xsl file must contain the following attribute-set: --> More generally, if you cannot customize the output using a documented XSLT stylesheet parameter, then you can generally do it by redefining an attribute-set. Attribute-sets are not documented. You need to browse the source of the XSLT stylesheets to find what to do by yourself. --> XMLmind XML Editor (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/) and XMLmind XSL Utility (http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/xsl_utility.html) both allow to customize an XSLT stylesheet without creating a customization file by hand.

More information in:

* 11. The "Customize Document Conversion Stylesheets" dialog box

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConversionStylesheetsEditor.html

* 11.3. The "XMLmind XSL Customizer" application

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslcustom.Customizer.html

You can use the attached fo_custom.xsl with ditac if you replace:

<xsl:import href="xxe-config:dita/xsl/fo/fo.xsl"/>

by:

<xsl:import href="ditac-xsl:fo/fo.xsl"/>

It took me just 2 minutes to create and put to use the attached fo_custom.xsl from within XMLmind XML Editor.

fo_custom.xsl
Description: application/xslt

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