xmlroff(1)

xmlroff1

Xsl formatter

Usage

xmlroff [-o output-file] [--format {auto | pdf | postscript}] [--backend {gp | cairo}] [--continue] [{-? | --help}] [{--compat | --nocompat}] [--compat-stylesheet] [{--valid | --novalid}] [{-v | --version}] [-w warning-mode] [-d debug-mode] file [stylesheet]

Overview

xmlroff is a free, fast and high-quality XSL formatter that is useful for DocBook formatting. It produces PDF or PostScript output. It integrates easily with other programs and with scripting languages.

xmlroff processes the XML-FO file. An arbitrary XML file can optionally be first transformed via a specified XSLT stylesheet.

Options

-v

Show version information.

-?, --help

Show help message.

-o output-file

Specify output filename. If this option is not specified, a default of layout.pdf will be used.

-d debug-mode

Specify debug mode.

-w warning-mode

Specify warning mode.

--format {auto | pdf | postscript}

Specify format of the output file. The default is auto which selects the format based on the extension of the output filename.

--backend {gp | cairo}

Specify backend used to produce the output file. The default is GNOME print (gp).

--compat, --nocompat

Do or do not pre-processes the input file with an internal compatibility stylesheet. Default is --compat.

--compat-stylesheet

Prints the internal compatibility stylesheet then exits.

--continue

Continue after any formatting errors.

--valid, --novalid

Do or do not load the DTD. Default is --novalid.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0–11

Reporting bugs

Report bugs at http://xmlroff.org/newticket: http://xmlroff.org/newticket.

Author

Tony Graham

From xmlroff 0.6.2-1.4 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.