Re: AH Formatter initial-letters Drop Cap Customization

Bob Stayton <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:26:22 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.text.docbook.apps
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Kevin,

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

Bob Stayton
[email protected]

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)."
>