source: pst/xml/xmlto.xml@ a3336db

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xmlto-download-http "https://releases.pagure.org/xmlto/xmlto-&xmlto-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xmlto-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY xmlto-md5sum        "93bab48d446c826399d130d959fe676f">
  <!ENTITY xmlto-size          "128 KB">
  <!ENTITY xmlto-buildsize     "1.5 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY xmlto-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="xmlto" xreflabel="xmlto-&xmlto-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xmlto.html"?>


  <title>xmlto-&xmlto-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xmlto">
    <primary sortas="a-xmlto">xmlto</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to xmlto</title>

    <para>
      The <application>xmlto</application> package is a front-end to a XSL
      toolchain. It chooses an appropriate stylesheet for the conversion you
      want and applies it using an external XSLT processor. It also performs
      any necessary post-processing.
    </para>

    &lfs121_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xmlto-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xmlto-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &xmlto-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &xmlto-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &xmlto-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &xmlto-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">xmlto Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
      <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>, and
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for DVI, PDF, and postscript
    backend post-processing)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="fop"/>,
<!--    <ulink url="https://dblatex.sourceforge.net/">dblatex</ulink>, and -->
      <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/dblatex/files/dblatex/">dblatex</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://www.garshol.priv.no/download/xmltools/prod/PassiveTeX.html">
      PassiveTeX</ulink>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for text backend
    post-processing)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      One of
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="Links"/>,
      <xref role="runtime" linkend="lynx"/>,
      <ulink url="&w3m-url;">W3m</ulink>, or
      <ulink url="&elinks-url;">ELinks</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">Editor Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xmlto"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of xmlto</title>

    <!-- https://pagure.io/xmlto/c/8e34f087bf41
         https://pagure.io/xmlto/c/1375e2df7553 -->
    <para>
      Fix variable and function declarations in pre-C99 style which is
      rejected by GCC-14.1 or later:
    </para>

    <screen><userinput>sed -ri 's/ifsense;|main/int &amp;/' xmlif/xmlif.l</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Install <application>xmlto</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>LINKS="/usr/bin/links" \
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;

make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <envar>LINKS="/usr/bin/links"</envar>: This environment variable fixes a
      bug causing <command>xmlto</command> to think that
      <command>links</command> command is the same as
      <command>elinks</command>. Setting this variable does not cause problems
      if <xref linkend="links"/> is not installed, unless
      you have <ulink url="http://elinks.or.cz/">ELinks</ulink> installed, and
      wish to use it for text backend post-processing, in which case,
      remove it.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xmlif and xmlto</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/xmlto</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="xmlif">
        <term><command>xmlif</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a conditional processing instructions for XML
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xmlto xmlif">
            <primary sortas="b-xmlif">xmlif</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xmlto-prog">
        <term><command>xmlto</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            applies an XSL stylesheet to an XML document
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xmlto xmlto-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-xmlto">xmlto</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>