Inasmuch as I like to automate processes as much as possible, here’s two Ant targets/macros for automating zipping an EPUB file and checking it with epubcheck: Continue reading
Imagine.ie drops DSL line daily
Inasmuch as DSL is usually seen as “always on”, it beggars imagination that imagine.ie drops the connection once every 24 hours for “billing purposes”. It’s just too bad about the SSH, IRC, Citrix, remote backups and other types of connections that you happen to have running at the time.
The time of day when providing a service is secondary to billing for it also drifts a little. Their technical support’s best advice? Turn the modem off then on again at the time that’s least disruptive so the daily dropout hurts less when it happens every 24 hours (plus drift) after that.
I’ve finished the twelve-month term for which I signed up so now I’m shopping for a new ISP. And I know one question I’ll be asking the next one.
Need new company name
Inasmuch as many people aren’t confident about pronouncing “Menteith”, it’s time to change the company name. Continue reading
Second Working Draft of XSL 2.0
Inasmuch as significant new work – such as non-rectangular shapes and copyfitting – has been done since the first public working draft of XSL 2.0, the second working draft is now available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20/. Two of the biggest additions are non-rectangular areas and copyfitting. Continue reading
XSpec, Ant, and <oXygen/>
Inasmuch as software has moved on since 2008 when I wrote about When Ant is subsidiary to <oXygen/>, I now run XSpec from <oXygen/> using the Ant bundled with recent <oXygen/>. Continue reading
1.5 talks at XML Prague 2010
Inasmuch as I was fortunate to again be selected to present or co-present two talks, I will be at XML Prague again this year. Going to a technical XML conference, in Prague, in the Spring, again, will be good; presenting the same number of talks as last year is just a bonus.
The talks are:
- What XSL 2.0 means for implementers and users — Discusses the changes that will have to take place under the hood of any XSL formatter that supports XSL 2.0 and what those additional capabilities can bring to your stylesheets.
- Real time, all the time, ragtime XML — An update on the capabilities of Xcruciate.
Reading JIS X 4051 online
Inasmuch as the “Requirements for Japanese Text Layout†Note refers (and defers) a lot to JIS X 4051, “Formatting Rules for Japanese documents”, it is helpful to also read it (or, for some of us at least, to look at the diagrams and puzzle through some of the text). You can buy the printed book from the Japanese Standards Association Web Store, or you can view (but not print) the PDF version within your browser. Here’s how: Continue reading
Presentations page updated
Inasmuch as I added both my XML-in-Practice 2009 talk on XSL FO 2.0 and my XML Prague 2009 talks and posters to the “Presentations” page at http://www.menteithconsulting.com/wiki/Presentations, it is now up to date. Continue reading
Survey: Where is XSL FO used?
Inasmuch as my talk at XML-in-Practice 2009 in September is “XSL FO 2.0: A Technical Overview”, I’ll be talking about the XSL FO 2.0 Requirements document and the work towards XSL FO 2.0 done to date, but I also want to highlight what can be done with XSL 1.1 and what is being achieved today.
So I would like to know how you are using XSL FO. Continue reading
I get a tick out of U
Inasmuch as I couldn’t get a ✓, tick, check, ✓, ✓, U+2713, CHECK MARK, call it what you will, into PDF on Ubuntu 8.04 with Antenna House V5, I had to find a font with it and tell the formatter where to find the font. Continue reading