LaTeXDocBookFormatter(3pm) LogReport's Lire Documentation
NAME
Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter - Lire::DocBookParser
subclass which formats description to LaTeX.
SYNOPSIS
To convert a DocBook decription to LaTeX:
use Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter qw/dbk2latex/;
my $LaTeX = dbk2latex( "Test" );
DESCRIPTION
This package implements methods that can handle the content of
"description" elements and it can be used by a subclass of
Lire::ReportParser. Client only have to inherit from this module so
that a handle_description() method is available to process the text
formatted DocBook description.
This module also provide a convenient dbk2txt() function which can be
used to format a string containing DocBook elements into an ASCII
equivalent.
USING Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter
Lire::ReportParser processors that would like to work with text version
of the description should inherit from
Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter in addition to
Lire::ReportParser. If they override the description_start(),
description_end()methods, they must link to their parents' version
using "SUPER::".
Additionnally, they should merge the value elements_spec() in their
elements_spec() implementation.
The Lire::ReportParser::LaTeXDocBookFormatter should be listed before
Lire::ReportParser in the @ISA. The LaTeXDocBookFormatter doesn't
inherit directly from Lire::ReportParser so that it can be used in
multiple inheritance scenario.
dbk_start_processing()
Initializes the parser's structure for formatting DocBook XML as ASCII.
This is used from the description_start implementation.
dbk_end_processing()
Cleans the parser structure. This is used from the description_end()
implementation.
handle_description( $description )
This method is invoked after the closing tag of the "description"
element is encountered. The $description contains the description
converter to LaTeX.
PROCESSING LaTeX DESCRIPTION
The generate LaTeX is encoded in UTF-8, so Omega must be used to
process it. Additionnally, the result of calling
dbk_latex_environment() should be added to the document preambule. It
adds some environment and command definitions used by the formatter.
FORMATTING DocBook STRINGS
If you have DocBook content in a string, like you can obtain from some
of the Report Specifications object, you can convert it to LaTeX by
using the dbx2latex() function.
dbk2txt( $docbook_str, [$columns] )
Returns a plain text version of the DocBook XML fragment $docbook_str.
The "columns" parameter sets the number of columns in which the DocBook
text should be formatted.
This method will die() in case of error.
SEE ALSO
Lire::ReportParser(3pm)
VERSION
$Id: LaTeXDocBookFormatter.pm,v 1.4 2006/07/23 13:16:31 vanbaal Exp $
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation
LogReport@LogReport.org
This file is part of Lire.
Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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AUTHOR
Francis J. Lacoste
Lire 2.1.1 2020-07-07 LaTeXDocBookFormatter(3pm)