Re: DOCBOOK: Problems creating pdf file of tdg

[Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:32:08AM +0100, Kraa de Simon wrote:
> Ehm. classpath? extensions/saxon643.jar?
> 
> Ok, next try:
> 
> C:\TMP>echo %classpath%
> C:\tmp\docbook-xsl-1.48\extensions\saxon643.jar
> C:\TMP>saxon\saxon defguide\en\book.xml docbook-xsl-1.48\fo\docbook.xsl
> 1>tdg.fo
> Making portrait pages on USletter paper (8.5inx11in)
> prefaceinfo encountered, but no template matches.
> pubdate encountered, but no template matches.
> releaseinfo encountered, but no template matches.
> Error at xsl:copy-of on line 177 of
> file:/C:/TMP/docbook-xsl-1.48/fo/table.xsl:
>   Exception in extension function java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
> java/lang/Float:
> method parseFloat(Ljava/lang/String;)F not found
> Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported
> C:\TMP>c:\dlc91\jdk\bin\java -version
> java version "1.3.0"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)
> 
> Does this mean I should go out to the bookstore and buy a printed copy of
> TDG? (-;

That would certainly be easier, if less educational.  8^)
I keep a printed copy around, but it is a bit
out of date now, so I also bookmark the updated version
for reference:

http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html


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