[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Dividing a Book Into Volumes
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:24:39 -0600
The multi-volume capability is part of liblouisutdml. The framework is
inn place, but it needs further development. That will be done in time.
Right now I'm spending most of my time on BrailleBlaster, so i have a
decent car in which to put my engine.
John
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:37:12PM +0100, Bert Frees wrote:
> How is the automatic-splitting-in-volumes-feature coming along?
> Bert
>
>
> On 17/05/2010 9:08, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >I have been busy implementing the Univesal TactileDocument (UTD) sdd-on
> >to sml documents. This is needed by ViewPlus and also for dividing a
> >book into volumes. It adds translated and formatted braille to the
> >original document, together with information for syncronizing braille
> >and print. This is done via some new xml tags. Currently I am writing
> >the documentation. The drafts can be found in the doc subdirecory of
> >the universal-tactile-document branch of the liblouisxml repository.
> >
> >The multivolume feature is triggered by the new configuration option
> >volumeSem This gives the name of a semantic-action file which specifies
> >how the UTD information and the structure of the document are to be used
> >in creating volumes. The lbx_files subdirectory of the branch contains
> >configuration files and a semantic action file for testing UTD and
> >volume production. At the moment the whold book is produced as one
> >volume. This was done to get the basic framework in shape. New
> >configuration settings will control how the division into volumes is
> >made.
> >
> >volumeSize will specify the number of pages desired in each volume. The
> >algorithm will try to meet this within plus or minus ten percent.
> >
> >volumeDiv will give a list of styles at which divisions can be made,
> >listed in order of preference.
> >
> >Each volume will have its own table of contents, if such a table is
> >specified. In addition, the first volume will have the table of contents
> >for the whole book.
> >
> >Each volume will also need a title page and an end-of-volume notice.
> >These could be files specified by the configuration setings volumeStart
> >and VolumeEnd Some things within these files will have to be changed
> >from volume to volume, such as the volume number and the beginning and
> >ending braille and print numbers. I am uncertain how this will be done.
> >xslt could be used, but this would introduce a dependency on another
> >library. There is probably a simpler method.
> >
> >Feedback is welcome!
> >John
> >
> >
> >-- John J. Boyer;
> >President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> >http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software
> >for people with disabilities
> >For a description of the software and to download it go to
> >http://www.jjb-software.com
> >
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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