[xep-support] Rendering DocBook sets as multiple documents

[Kevin Yank]

Thanks to both Ken and Bob for their insights. I should have mentioned that
I don't need a fully automated solution. This is an occasional, fully
monitored process that must result in standard PostScript files destined for
press.

Not having an intimate knowledge of the PostScript format (I generally
convert them to PDF with Acrobat Distiller for viewing), I didn't know how
easy it would be to split two documents out of a single file. Although I'm
not opposed in principle to hand editing the PostScript files, I'll probably
go in search of a tool that I can use to perform the document splitting in a
less error-prone manner.

-Kevin Yank.


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	From: owner-xep-support at renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support at renderx.com] On Behalf Of Bob Stayton
	Sent: Monday, 8 September 2003 5:41 PM
	To: xep-support at renderx.com
	Subject: Re: [xep-support] Rendering DocBook sets as multiple
documents
	
	

	On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:22:12PM -0400, G. Ken Holman wrote:
	> Would you accept a single PostScript file with both volumes, the
second one
	> starting at page 1, and splitting the resulting file in two?  Or
creating a
	> PDF from the PDF and then splitting the PDF into two using a
publicly
	> available PDF library like iText?
      >
      > [...]
	
	You don't need a library.  Properly structured PostScript
	like XEP's is trivial to split up.  I've used Perl or even
	awkward awk.  First, There is the prolog at the beginning
	of the file that needs to get stuffed into both of the
	output files:
	
	[...]


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