Set the @outputclass attribute to "landscape" #1

[abhinavaditya1989]

I want to transform a topic into landscape mode form portrait, I saw that DITA 3.3 onwards this is supported. What should I update in the XSL-fo in order to get the desired result? I guess we need to set the @outputclass attribute to "landscape" on the topicref. commons.xsl.txt topic.xsl.txt

[ToshihikoMakita]

Current plug-in implementation does not support dynamic portrait/landscape page control by @outputclass. What purpose do you want to use landscape layout to store your contents in it?

[abhinavaditya1989]

Current plug-in implementation does not support dynamic portrait/landscape page control by @outputclass. What purpose do you want to use landscape layout to store your contents in it?

I have a topic which has a huge table and we want it to be in landscape form and not portrait. We did try @aorinet attribute but that makes the table turn 90 deg counter-clockwise, which does not solve the purpose.

[ToshihikoMakita]

We did try @aorinet attribute but that makes the table turn 90 deg counter-clockwise, which does not solve the purpose.

I understand your situation. I accept your issue as feature request. Before considering implementation, could you offer the simple sample data to this thread?

[abhinavaditya1989]

Hi Toshihiko,

I have attached the commons.xsl and topic.xsl.txt these ae dita-ot-3.3.4 files. custom_commons.xsl.txt

commons.xsl.txt topic.xsl.txt

And then please find watched the custom commons.xsl and topic.xsl file. custom_commons.xsl.txt custom_topic.xsl.txt

[ToshihikoMakita]

Unfortunately PDF5-ML plug-in is coded based on completely different concept compared with PDF2 plug-in. So usually I never refer to the PDF2 plug-in coding. Are you sure to submit us to implement landscape layout handling to PDF5-ML plug-in? What I wanted is actual DITA map&topic which you want to apply landscape page layout.

[abhinavaditya1989]

Hi,

I have attached the zip file that has the bookmap. I need to have the c_Appendix_B_Roles_Permissions as landscape.

bm_DRAFT_Application_Management_Console_User_Manualditamap-bundle.zip

[abhinavaditya1989]

Are you sure to submit us to implement landscape layout handling to PDF5-ML plug-in?

Reply: Yes

[ToshihikoMakita]

Thank you sending sample data archive. However I have two problems:

• I cannot find the root map. Or every map in bm_DRAFT_Application_Management_Console_User_Manualditamap-bundle\Gaming_Servers\Universal_Server\Universal_Server_Application_Management_Console_User_Manual\Maps is independent each other?
• Your maps and topics are using specialized DTDs. This prevent me to build it by PDF5-ML plug-in. Could you please kindly send me the DTD files? As DTD files belongs important companies copyrighted material, I will use it only for plug-in development and promise you not exhibit outside. So if possible, please send it via secure file transfer service or cloud drive such as Google Drive/One Drive direct to me. My address is tmakita@antenna.co.jp.

Regards,

[ToshihikoMakita]

I found the root bookmap bm_DRAFT_Application_Management_Console_User_Manual.ditamap. As the file and path name is very long, UNZIP software could not decompress it normally.

[abhinavaditya1989]

Pfa the dtd zip file. com.aristocrat.dtd.zip

[ToshihikoMakita]

Thank you very much!

[abhinavaditya1989]

Hi Toshihiko, Pfa the customized plugins zip folder too. com.aristocrat.pdf - Version 2.zip

[ToshihikoMakita]

I added sample build result. As "Times New Roman" font has no glyph for "✓", I temporary modified config/default_style.xml as follows:

<variable name="General_Serif_Font">serif,Source Serif Pro</variable>

Please download PDF file from here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AkbL99fLhxKUhsxaZTKZgLwHX-UKlg?e=xINa3Q

The modified plug-in exists develop-landscape-topic branch.

[abhinavaditya1989]

Hi Toshihiko,

Thanks for the pdf. Actually, I wanted help regarding what should I update in my existing customized plugins so that I have the topicref as landscape. If you could guide me which xsl I need to update and how.

Pfa the dtd and the customized plugin zip folders.

com.aristocrat.dtd.zip com.aristocrat.pdf.zip

I am working on dt-ot-3.3.4. I suppose you must have the dita-ot-3.3.4 folders and files.

Which custom pulgin.xsl I need to update is it the ari_topic.xsl or ari_commons.xsl form the customized com.arisctocrat.pdf?

[ToshihikoMakita]

I built your test data using com.aristocrat.pdf plug-in in DITA-OT 3.3.4 and felt that your stylesheet work is almost finished without getting landscape page.

PDF2 and PDF5-ML plug-in are built on very different processing concepts, For instance, PDF2 is coded by topic based processing. As a result, it is hard to get map level information in topic processing. In contrast, PDF5-ML takes map based processing. If we are writing topic templates, the map information about topicref is always there. So implementing landscape topic is not so difficult.

I'm afraid that it may cost you to customize PDF5-ML plug-in to generate same designed PDF files that your are generating using com.aristocrat.pdf plug-in.

Probably following work will be needed.

• Analyze your com.aristocrat.pdf design styles and port them into new plug-in that overrides PDF5-ML plug-in.
• Analyze your com.aristocrat.pdf XSL customization and convert them into XSL that overrides PDF5-ML plug-in.

The very simple override plug-in example is included in PDF5-ML repository as jp.acme-corporation.pdf.ml .

You can do above work by yourself or we can offer override plug-in development based contracts.

Hope this helps your understanding.

Regards,