[xep-support] default bookmark pane behavior

[Nikolai Grigoriev]

David,

in XEP, there is no way to control bookmark pane behaviour
in Acrobat Reader. And, indeed, this behaviour turned out
to be different in distilled version and directly-generated PDF.
The PostScript code simply lacks definitions for viewer
preferences; and by default, no outline window is displayed.

This is a negligence of us. The fix is easy, and will be
included in the next patch (expected soon; it is going to cure
Distiller allergy).

As for "Hide after use", I have never encountered this problem
myself. I use XEP-generated specs every day, and bookmarks
pane remains open by default. Moreover, I confess that I have
found no element in PDF 1.3 to control this feature. I believe
this is a flag set in the viewer app, not inside the document.
Try investigating in the Acrobat settings. In a meanwhile, we
will continue browsing the PDF spec; if we find anything to repair
this, the fix will also be included into the next update.

Regards,

Nikolai Grigoriev
RenderX


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cramer" <david_cramer at broadjump.com>
To: <xep-support at renderx.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:45 AM
Subject: [xep-support] default bookmark pane behavior


> Hi there,
> We use the docbook xsl stylesheets to generate our fo docs, which use
> the rx:bookmark extension. I've noticed that when I use xep to generate
> a pdf directly, the pdf opens with the bookmark pane opened. In acrobat,
> you control this with File->Document Info->Open->Bookmarks and Page.
> However, when I open a pdf generated from a xep-generated .ps file, the
> pdf opens with the bookmark pane closed. Furthermore, in both cases, the
> pdfs come out with "Hide after use" set for the bookmark pane (Right
> click in bookmark pane and select/deselect "Hide after use").
>
> Is there a way to control these options either from xep or ghostscript?
> We would prefer by default to have the document open with the bookmark
> pane open and have the bookmark pane remain open after clicking on a
> bookmark.
>
> Thanks,
> David
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