[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:51:47 -0500
See my previous message. liblouisutdml for Windows is available in
BrailleBlaster.
I had to repost the messages from both Paul and Bert. Apparently they
were sending from addresses not subscribed to liblouis-liblouisxml.
John
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 09:57:17PM +0200, Bert Frees wrote:
> Vic,
>
> You are not using the latest version of Liblouisxml or Liblouisutdml.
> I think that is the reason for your problem. odt2braille includes up
> to date Windows binaries:
>
> https://odt2braille.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/odt2braille/trunk/ext/liblouisxml/bin/liblouisxml.dll
> https://odt2braille.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/odt2braille/trunk/ext/liblouisxml/bin/xml2brl.exe
> https://odt2braille.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/odt2braille/trunk/ext/liblouis/bin/liblouis.dll
> https://odt2braille.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/odt2braille/trunk/ext/libxml2/bin/libxml2-2.dll
> https://odt2braille.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/odt2braille/trunk/ext/libxml2/bin/zlib1.dll
>
> John can help you with a Windows version of the latest Liblouisutdml.
>
> Regards
> /BErt
>
> Op 23-sep-2011 om 20:05 heeft "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> het volgende geschreven:\
>
> >Bert,
> >
> >I just tried it with liblouisxml 2.0.0 and there was no blank line
> >placed
> >after the "Dayton Convention Directions" heading. I am attaching the
> >exact
> >configuration files that I used with liblouisxml in case you want to
> >try it
> >again. If nobody else can duplicate it, maybe it is something with my
> >embosser. I really don't know, but I get the same results every time
> >I try
> >it.
> >
> >Vic
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bert
> >Frees
> >Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:05 PM
> >To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
> >
> >No I meant Liblouisxml 2.4.0. But I just tried it with Liblouisutdml
> >as
> >well (I'm not sure which version I'm using), and got the same results.
> >Bert
> >
> >
> >On 22/09/2011 19:37, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >>Bert,
> >>
> >>I hope you mean liblouisutdml-2.4.0. That is the latest versionfor
> >>which
> >>there is a tarball.
> >>
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 07:32:49PM +0200, Bert Frees wrote:
> >>>Vic, I tried your example document and it translates just fine. A
> >>>blank
> >>>line is inserted after the first heading, like it should. I'm using
> >>>Liblouisxml 2.4.0.
> >>>Bert
> >>>
> >>>On 22/09/2011 19:17, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>>Hi Bert,
> >>>>
> >>>>I am not sure exactly what all files you need but I am sending the
> >>>>file I am embossing and my preferences.cfg file and the dtbook.sem
> >>>>file that is being used. If you need anything else just let me
> >>>>know.
> >>>>Thanks again for your help.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic
> >>>>
> >>>>*From:*liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> >>>>*Bert
> >>>>Frees
> >>>>*Sent:* Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:33 AM
> >>>>*To:* liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>*Subject:* [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
> >>>>
> >>>>Hello Vic,
> >>>>
> >>>>Skipping the 2 tags should indeed not effect how h1 is formatted. I
> >>>>tried it myself but I can't reproduce your problem. Could you
> >>>>sent an
> >>>>example document + configuration files to the list?
> >>>>
> >>>>Bert
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On 21/09/2011 16:54, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>Bert,
> >>>>
> >>>>Excellent instructions! I got it to work now. I am still trying
> >>>>to get
> >>>>my head around why it is working, but it works. Thanks so much!
> >>>>
> >>>>I have one more problem maybe you can help me with. By default, the
> >>>>contents of the doctitle and docauthor tags are embossed at the
> >>>>beginning of the Braille document. Beneath this, with a blank line
> >>>>before and after, is the title of my document which is in the Word
> >>>>document. This is as I would expect because it is a level 1
> >>>>heading. I
> >>>>added the 2 lines skip doctitle and skip docauthor to my dtbook.sem
> >>>>file. Sure enough, the doctitle and docauthor are not embossed. The
> >>>>problem is, however, now the level 1 heading does not have a blank
> >>>>line after it before the text of the document as it did before;.
> >>>>This
> >>>>seems very strange to me because skipping the 2 tags should not
> >>>>affect
> >>>>how the h1 text is formatted. Any ideas on this one?
> >>>>
> >>>>I really appreciate someone with your experience and knowledge
> >>>>being
> >>>>willing to help out a newby like me. Thanks again.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic
> >>>>
> >>>>*From:*liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> >>>>*Bert
> >>>>Frees
> >>>>*Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:10 AM
> >>>>*To:* liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>*Subject:* [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
> >>>>
> >>>>dtbook.sem contains these rules (dtb:li is linked to the "list"
> >>>>style,
> >>>>which is a bit confusing):
> >>>>
> >>>>no list
> >>>>list li
> >>>>
> >>>>Remove these lines and instead create 2 new styles: "dtb_li_p" and
> >>>>"dtb_list".
> >>>>
> >>>>_in cfg file:_
> >>>>
> >>>>style dtb_li_p
> >>>>
> >>>>linesBefore 0
> >>>>
> >>>>linesAfter 0
> >>>>style dtb_list
> >>>>
> >>>>linesBefore 1
> >>>>
> >>>>linesAfter 1
> >>>>
> >>>>_in sem file:_
> >>>>
> >>>>dtb_list list
> >>>>no li
> >>>>dtb_li_p&xpath(//dtb:li/dtb:p)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On 21/09/2011 15:35, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks Bert! That did the trick! The indent is now correct.
> >>>>However, I
> >>>>am still getting a blank line between each list item. I have the
> >>>>lines
> >>>>linesBefore 0 and linesAfter 0 in the p_li style section. Why would
> >>>>this not override the linesBefore 1 and linesAfter 1 that are in
> >>>>the
> >>>>style list section? I am trying to get a blank line before and
> >>>>after
> >>>>the list, but not before and after each list item.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic
> >>>>
> >>>>*From:*liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> >>>>*Bert
> >>>>Frees
> >>>>*Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 9:05 AM
> >>>>*To:* liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>*Subject:* [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic,
> >>>>
> >>>>Have you added the line "namespaces
> >>>>dtb=http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2005/dtbook/"; to your sem file?
> >>>>
> >>>>Bert
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On 21/09/2011 14:50, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>Hi Paul,
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks for the info. It looks great, but it doesn't work for me. No
> >>>>matter what I do the list items are formatted as normal paragraphs
> >>>>instead of having a hanging indent. It is not using the p_li style
> >>>>section at all. I even tried replacing the dtb: in the xpath
> >>>>expression with dtbook: because that is the document type I am
> >>>>working
> >>>>with. That did not work either.
> >>>>
> >>>>Where can you find the additional information in the XSLTs? I don't
> >>>>understand exactly what this means.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks again very much for your help.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic
> >>>>
> >>>>*From:*liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>[mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of
> >>>>*Paul
> >>>>Wood
> >>>>*Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:37 AM
> >>>>*To:* liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>*Subject:* [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The xpath expression
> >>>>
> >>>>Hi Vic,
> >>>>
> >>>>Just cracked this yesterday, so good timing! Adapted from Bert
> >>>>Free's
> >>>>odt2braille.
> >>>>
> >>>>in sem file:
> >>>>
> >>>>p_li&xpath(//dtb:li/dtb:p)
> >>>>
> >>>>in cfg file:
> >>>>
> >>>>style p_li
> >>>>
> >>>>linesBefore 1
> >>>>
> >>>>linesAfter 1
> >>>>
> >>>>this will then apply the style properties to a<p> within a<li>.
> >>>>For
> >>>>more info on what to put in the () of&xpath refer to XSLTs.
> >>>>
> >>>>Hope this helps.
> >>>>
> >>>>Paul
> >>>>
> >>>>On 20 September 2011 20:58, Vic Beckley<vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>><mailto:vic.beckley@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>>When I use the Save as DAISY add-in for Word, it places list
> >>>>items in
> >>>><p></p> tags inside the<li></li> tags. This overrides the<li>
> >formatting
> >>>>of the text. John suggested that I use the xpath expression to get
> >around
> >>>>this. I read what was in the documentation about this expression
> >>>>and
> >still
> >>>>don't understand how it is used. Can anyone explain how the xpath
> >>>>expression
> >>>>works or give me practical examples? Thanks in advance for any
> >>>>help.
> >>>>
> >>>>Vic
> >>>>
> >
> >
> >--
> >Bert Frees
> >Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
> >Dept. Elektrotechniek - ESAT - SCD
> >Onderzoeksgroep Documentarchitecturen
> >Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2442
> >B-3001 Heverlee-Leuven
> >België
> >
> >For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> >project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> ><default.cfg>
> ><dtbook.sem>
> ><Buck Creek to convention.xml>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
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GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc.
http://www.godtouches.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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