docbook-apps

The learning curve for transitioning from dsssl to xsl has not been as steep as I had imagined. I had been using the lettrine package in my dsssl-jadetex customization. I now have an xsl customization that calls the AH Formatter initial-letters extension, with all the functionality I had come to expect of lettrine. In particular, it can use a different (fancy) font for the drop cap than for the body-font, it can shape the margins to the contours of different drop cap letters, and it can present the remainder of the of the first word in small-caps, if desired. That's everything I want it to do, so I don't really have a question. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to share the customization.

Next stop: xrefs that render page numbers, e.g., "For more information, see Appendix A (page 127)."

Hi Kevin,

For your next stop, see Customizing cross references
<http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomXrefs.html>in my online book.

Bob Stayton
bobs@sagehill.net

On 6/13/2021 8:37 PM, Kevin Dunn wrote:
> The learning curve for transitioning from dsssl to xsl has not been as
> steep as I had imagined. I had been using the lettrine package in my
> dsssl-jadetex customization. I now have an xsl customization that
> calls the AH Formatter initial-letters extension, with all the
> functionality I had come to expect of lettrine. In particular, it can
> use a different (fancy) font for the drop cap than for the body-font,
> it can shape the margins to the contours of different drop cap
> letters, and it can present the remainder of the of the first word in
> small-caps, if desired. That's everything I want it to do, so I don't
> really have a question. If anyone is interested, I would be happy to
> share the customization.
>
> Next stop: xrefs that render page numbers, e.g., "For more
> information, see Appendix A (page 127)."
>