<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi all,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks for your input. I do realize
that this is not a XML/XSL thing but rather a PDF thing. That's why I asked
here at XEP. I was thinking that there may be an XEP option that would
simply tack on a front and back cover. It can be done with PDF scripting,
I suppose, but would be cool if were part of the XEP processing.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-- Michael</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Michael Damkier<br>
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Registered Office: Wiesenkamp 22b, 22359 Hamburg, Germany.<br>
Geschäftsführer: Jochen Witte.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Bob Stayton wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
> The DocBook XSL stylesheets currently don't provide direct support
for <br>
> covers, only front title pages. Covers can come in a variety
of <br>
> configurations, such as single-sheet for front and back, wrap-around
<br>
> with spine, or wrap-around without spine for saddle stitch. Text
<br>
> placement and graphics are highly individual, so it is hard to write
a <br>
> general-purpose stylesheet for all possible designs. Also, cover
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> PDFs are often produced separately because their production process
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> (color, heavier stock) may differ from the process for the book block.<br>
> <br>
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While I agree with all that, it would still be very useful if there were
<br>
some way to automatically stitch a cover provided from another source <br>
together with the DocBook XSL output; ideally without mucking up the <br>
page counts either. I.e. assume I have one of these:<br>
<br>
1. A PDF or other graphic wrap around cover generated from another program<br>
2. Separate graphic covers fro front and back and spine<br>
3. An XML source document along with my own stylesheet to generate the
<br>
covers in XSL-FO<br>
<br>
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Given one of those three inputs, would it be possible to somehow <br>
parameterize the DocBook XSL stylesheets so it could add extra pages for
<br>
the front and back covers and pull in the external PDF (or GIF/PNG/etc.)
<br>
to make "covers" in the PDF?<br>
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I know we can;t do that now, but would this much be hard to add?<br>
<br>
Also is there any sort of de facto standard for where the covers appear
<br>
in pure PDF? e.g. if I buy a Pragmatics or O'Reilly or APress eBook, are
<br>
the covers in the PDF I buy and if so where?<br>
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From a quick scan of the few such PDF books I have handy, it seems the
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front cover is included as a graphic on the first page. The back cover
<br>
and spine are not included.<br>
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If nothing else, this is actually quite useful for Finder previews in <br>
Mac OS X.<br>
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-- <br>
Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu<br>
Java I/O 2nd Edition Just Published!<br>
http://www.cafeaulait.org/books/javaio2/<br>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596527500/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA/<br>
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