FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6 XMLcss Plug-in

[Lee Richardson <lhr@xxxxxxxxx>]

A new client was uploaded to the Adobe web on 14 May 99. This client improves the CSS files generated for structured docs with FM+SGML.

The client is available for Windows, and can be downloaded from:

  http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/570e.htm 

A summary of the information on this web page is included below.

...Lee


: Lee Richardson      : mailto:lhr@adobe.com : +1 408.536.6412     :
: Dev Mgr, FrameMaker : Adobe Systems, Inc   : +1 408.537.5113 fax :

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Description

The FrameMaker+SGML XMLcss plug-in enables you to generate a cascading style sheet (CSS) for structured documents based on Element Definition Document (EDD) formatting.

When you export a structured document to XML using FrameMaker+SGML 5.5.6, both an XML document and a CSS document are produced. The information in the CSS document is based on the formatting information in the paragraph catalog and in the font catalog. If the element names in your FrameMaker+SGML document do not correspond with the paragraph tags and the character tag used to format these elements, the formatting may be inadequate. 

The XMLcss plug-in examines the actual formatting used in the FrameMaker+SGML document and produces a CSS that ties element names to the actual formatting of these elements. Context-based formatting rules are handled correctly, too. 

The XMLcss plug-in has the following features: 

* It generates a .css file containing formatting instructions related to the actual formatting of the document. 

* It enables you to generate a .css file for the document or book you are exporting.

* It enables you to change the contents of an XML file by: 
- wrapping the XML comments in HTML tags. 
- extending image and equation elements with an "src" attribute.
- deciding to scale all images.
- deciding to scale all font sizes.
- applying the standard HTML namespace to image and table elements.



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