Re: Using XMLmind XSL Utility to convert DocBook to Eclipse Help

Ekaterina S. wrote:
>
> Actually, I'm feeling more and more that XSL Utility suits our needs. Currently I'm still in the process of setting everything up, but already now most of the things work and conversion is done much, much faster than with xsltproc.
> I will continue to investigate.

I'm convinced that a couple of .bat files invoking Java, Saxon (replaces 
xsltproc), the DocBook XSL stylesheets, FOP (for PDF output) would serve 
you better than XMLmind XSL Utility.

You don't need to generate RTF, WML, DOCX, ODT, then you definitely 
don't need XMLmind XSL Utility.




>
> I understand that you cannot answer all questions about DocBook itself (and thank you for answering anyway!), but now I have a couple related to the XSL Utility.
>

Support is anyway quite limited, even for customers. See our support 
policy: http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/support_policy.html




> In http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/generating_chm_file.html, it's said that "a process command is always executed in the temporary working directory (variable %W)". Is it also so for the transformation step?

The ".bat" file possibly specified in the "Execute process command" 
field of the "Process" tab (see 
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html) 
uses the %W temporary directory as its current working directory.

The concept of "current working directory" does not apply to any other 
conversion step, including the transform step.

However this %W temporary working is always created just in case it can 
be useful.



> Is temporary working directory set automatically, or can it be changed?

This %W temporary working directory is dynamically created and 
automatically deleted at the end of the conversion. You have no control 
whatsoever over it.



>
> Is it possible to use environment variables in process step?

No, but you can specify a ".bat" file in the "Execute process command" 
field of the "Process" tab. See 
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html



>
> Is it possible to use two modifiers with one variable?

No. See 
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/variables.html



>
> BTW, the css problem can be solved (partially) with generate.css.header parameter.
>

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