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authorJeremias Maerki <jeremias@apache.org>2006-04-05 14:03:49 +0000
committerJeremias Maerki <jeremias@apache.org>2006-04-05 14:03:49 +0000
commit573cb063a34516657998dd8153c7d1cfe0877a76 (patch)
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Small update to page on output formats.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@391616 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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-rw-r--r--src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/output.xml17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/output.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/output.xml
index 22f5c6e49..0d826f504 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/output.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/trunk/output.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
<source><![CDATA[proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("lp -d" + print_queue + " -o -dp -");
out = proc.getOutputStream();]]></source>
<p>
- Set the OutputStream (out) to the PCLRenderer and it happily sends the
- PCL to the UNIX printer queue.
+ Set the output MIME type to "application/x-pcl" (MimeConstants.MIME_PCL) and
+ it happily sends the PCL to the UNIX printer queue.
</p>
</section>
</section>
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ out = proc.getOutputStream();]]></source>
compatible.
</p>
<p>
- Note that FOP does not currently support "tagged PDF", PDF/X or PDF/A.
+ Note that FOP does not currently support "tagged PDF", PDF/X or PDF/A. Support
+ for PDF/A-1b is in the works, however.
</p>
<section id="pdf-fonts">
<title>Fonts</title>
@@ -222,9 +223,13 @@ out = proc.getOutputStream();]]></source>
<section id="xml">
<title>XML (Area Tree XML)</title>
<p>
- This is for testing and verification. The XML created is simply
- a representation of the internal area tree put into XML. It does
- not perform any other purpose.
+ This is primarily for testing and verification. The XML created is simply
+ a representation of the internal area tree put into XML. We use that to verify
+ the functionality of FOP's layout engine.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The other use case of the Area Tree XML is as FOP's "intermediate format". More information
+ on that can be found on the page dedicated to the <a href="intermediate.html">Intermediate Format</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section id="awt">