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2 README file for the libxslt extensions
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4 $Id: README.LIBXSLT 7877 2008-03-08 04:07:52Z xmldoc $
6 These are XSLT extensions written in Python for use with the DocBook XML
7 stylesheets and the libxslt library[1].
9 Currently, the only available extension is a function for adjusting column
10 widths in tables. For more information, see the section describing the
11 equivalent Java extension in "DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide"[2].
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16 In addition to libxml2 and libxslt, the following software needs to
17 be installed before you start using the extensions:
21 2. Python bindings for libxml2/libxslt. Most distributions of
22 libxml2/libxslt for Unix/Linux include these bindings.
23 A native Windows port is provided by Stéphane Bidoul[4].
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26 Installation of the extensions
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28 No special installation step is needed.
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31 How to use the extensions
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33 Instead of using xsltproc, you run a Python program (xslt.py). The
34 command has this general form:
36 python xslt.py xmlfile xslfile [outputfile] [param1=val1 [param2=val]...]
38 Modify paths, filenames, and parameters as needed. Make sure to set
39 the "use.extensions" and "tablecolumns.extension" parameters to 1.
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44 README.LIBXSLT This file
45 xslt.py Executable script file
46 docbook.py Module that implements extensions
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49 [1] http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT
50 [2] http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ColumnWidths.html
51 [3] http://www.python.org/download
52 [4] http://users.skynet.be/sbi/libxml-python