Re: Scale Image to fit in width or leave unscaled

Hi Greg,

thanks! I don't see a difference between the attributes of two cases
though. A typo?

Secondly how can I know if an image is too wide to fit on the selected page?

Paul

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Greg Cale <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is one I have been battling (as a *self-taught to novice* Docbook
> user), for some time. I was trying to find a common solution for block and
> inline images. What worked in Docbook 4 did not necessarily work after
> upgrading to Docbook 5. Two mins after documenting my solution for my team,
> your mail came in.
>
>
>
> I tried all sorts of combinations of attributes and xsl styling. I ended
> up removing nearly all the image sizing content in our customisation layer
> and settled on this.
>
>
>
> For an image that is too wide, add *scalefit="1"* and *contentwidth="100%*"
> attributes to the *<imagegedata>* tag: e.g
>
>
>
> <mediaobject>
>
>     <imageobject>
>
>         <imagedata fileref="images/excel_ccode.png"/>
>
>     </imageobject>
>
> </mediaobject>
>
> becomes
>
>
>
> <mediaobject>
>
>     <imageobject>
>
>         <imagedata scalefit="1" width="100%" fileref="images/excel_ccode.
> png"/>
>
>     </imageobject>
>
> </mediaobject>
>
>
>
> 2 For an image that is too high to fit onto a page, add *scalefit="1"*
> and *contentwidth="100%*" attributes to the *<imagegedata>* tag
>
>
>
> For inline media objects, I just resize them in an image editor – don’t
> know if this is practical in your case though.
>
>
>
> There may be other considerations depending on your build tool chain.
>
>
>
> I am sure that experts will have a much more sophisticated customisation
> layer solution, but this is simple, works for me and I can easily roll out
> to the rest of my team. I do look forward to seeing solutions from more
> expert users.
>
>
>
> I’d love to get some feedback.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Paul Baumer [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* 17 October 2016 03:29 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [docbook] Scale Image to fit in width or leave unscaled
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> I would like to achieve the following image resizing as a general rule in
> my docbook5. I generate the docbook myself using python. And finally I
> generate pdf from the docbook.
>
>
>
> if image width will not fit the page
>
>    it shall be resized to fit in width
>
> else
>
>    image size shall be left unchanged
>
>
>
> I am aware of the scalefit, scale, width and content width. But I am
> having difficulty in using a combination of those to achieve the desired
> logic above.
>
>
>
> Paul
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