Re: docbook2pdf
I have tested docbook2pdf using a DocBook document with Chinese character in
it. I don't consider it's possible to make PDF including Chinese character
using it.
cjk-latex needs LaTeX document, but docbook2pdf only convert DocBook document
into TeX document. I'm not very familiar with TeX, but I'm sure usual TeX
document with Chinese character won't be processed correctly.
The only package having Chinese PDF is reference manual, it use debiandoc2pdf
to convert SGML into LaTeX. Maybe you can reference the source of that
package for detail information.
I have tested serveral software which convert DocBook into LaTeX, but none of
them deal with Chinese document correctly. Maybe we really need a tool do
this kind of work.
* Marco Lenhardt <mlh@theysohn.at> [2004-06-16 08:38:32 +0200]:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2004 02:39 schrieb Ling Li:
> > If you really has converted docbook to some pdf file using
> > docbook2pdf, may be install some chinese font(arphic-ttf/tfm) and
> > cjklatex would help you see the Chinese character.
>
> I think (??) I have all chinese fonts installed (sorry for the long lines).
>
> $ dpkg -l *ttf*
>
> un baekmuk-ttf <none> (no description available)
> pn clanlib-ttf <none> (no description available)
> pn libsdl-ttf1.2 <none> (no description available)
> pn libsdl-ttf1.2-dev <none> (no description available)
> pn libttf-dev <none> (no description available)
> ii libttf2 1.4pre.20011029-1 FreeType 1, The FREE TrueType Font Engine, shared library files.
> un mkttfdir <none> (no description available)
> pn scottfree <none> (no description available)
> ii ttf-arphic-bkai00mp 2.10-6 "AR PL KaitiM Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology
> ii ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp 2.10-6 "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology
> ii ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp 2.11-6 "AR PL SungtiL GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology
> ii ttf-arphic-gkai00mp 2.11-6 "AR PL KaitiM GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology
> pn ttf-baekmuk <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-commercial <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-kochi-gothic <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-kochi-mincho <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10 <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-larabie-deco <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-larabie-straight <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-larabie-uncommon <none> (no description available)
> un ttf-openoffice <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-thryomanes <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-xtt-wadalab-gothic <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-xtt-watanabe-mincho <none> (no description available)
> pn ttf-xwatanabe-mincho <none> (no description available)
> ii ttf2pt1 3.3.3-1 A TrueType to PostScript Type 1 Font Converter
> ii ttf2pt1-chinese 3.3.2-1 Chinese fonts encoding maps for ttf2pt1
> pn ttfprint <none> (no description available)
> un xfonts-baekmuk-ttf <none> (no description available)
> pn xfonts-thai-ttf <none> (no description available)
>
> $ dpkg -l *tfm*
> pn dictfmt <none> (no description available)
> un textfm <none> (no description available)
> ii tfm-arphic-bkai00mp 2.11.1 Arphic "AR PL KaitiM Big5" TrueType font TeX font metric data
> ii tfm-arphic-bsmi00lp 2.11.1 Arphic "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" TrueType font TeX font metric data
> ii tfm-arphic-gbsn00lp 2.11.1 Arphic "AR PL SungtiL GB" TrueType font TeX font metric data
> ii tfm-arphic-gkai00mp 2.11.1 Arphic "AR PL KaitiM GB" TrueType font TeX font metric data
> un tfm-twmoe-kai <none> (no description available)
> un tfm-twmoe-sung <none> (no description available)
>
> cjk-latex is also installed. But how do I use this? I couldn't find
> any man page or usefull docu in /usr/share/doc!
>
>
> >
> > * Marco Lenhardt <mlh@theysohn.at> [2004-06-14 09:18:39 +0200]:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am trying to convert a chinese documentation in docbook xml
> > > format to html and pdf via docbook2[html,pdf] (on a woody box).
> > >
> > > docbook2html works fine for me. The generated output contains
> > > browser readable chinese characters.
> > >
> > > But the docbook2pdf output has no (readable) chinese characters.
> > > They look like <27888><26862><25380>.
> > >
> > > I think docbook2pdf's toolchain contains tex, which can not
> > > handle utf-8 coded characters.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me a way to convert chinese text to pdf.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks & Greetings
> > > Marco
> > >
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