Writing better documentation for these stylesheets is a background task. If you have any questions that aren't answered here, please feel free to contact me.
A brief description of each of the user-configurable settings in the print stylesheet.
Reference pages for the library functions in dblib.dsl. (FYI: this is programmer's documentation, not user documentation.)
2004-10-10 <petere78@users.sourceforge.net> * dbadmon.dsl: Fix for bug #522140: Keep admonition titles and contents together when graphics are used. * dbcallou.dsl: Synchronized $callout-verbatim-display$ with $verbatim-display$; fixes bug #517520 (callout ignores width of programlisting) * dbttlpg.dsl: Give othercredit some useful rendering in print output, by copying over the author rendering. Fix author-list-string for authorgroups that contain both authors and othercredits. (bug #1038081) 2004-10-09 <petere78@users.sourceforge.net> * dbprint.dsl, dbverb.dsl: Patch #571688: Fixes excessive after spacing when a listitem contains multiple paras or verbatim environments. Patches originally by Tim Waugh and Tammy Fox. * docbook.dsl: New Bulgarian translation by Viktor Vasilev (SF patch #1040075) 2004-09-17 <petere78@users.sourceforge.net> * docbook.dsl: Bosnian translation by Kemal Skripic 2004-09-14 <petere78@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: Fix for bug #502066: Empty ulinks don't generate footnotes, so they should be omitted from the footnote counting. Patch by Bruce A. Mah. * dbprint.dsl: Fix for bug #529969: Make italic monospace and strong monospace inherit verbatim-size-factor. Patch by David Aumueller. 2004-07-11 <nyraghu@users.sourceforge.net> * version.dsl: Closes Bug 912831: the last character of VERSION was being cut off. 2003-12-05 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbdivis.dsl: fix a bug when multiple elements in $generate-book-lot-list$ had content; whitespace and comment updates 2003-04-29 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbcompon.dsl: Finding the subtitle for a component should use the parent title if set; this is consistent with how the title is already set; closes SF bug 613773. * dbcompon.dsl: Suppress some cases where components were restarting page numbering, fix from Ian Castle; closes SF bug 439751. * dbparam.dsl: Correct reference to undefined variable "admon-graphic-default-extension". * dbttlpg.dsl: Add elements to print version of article-titlepage-recto-elements so that it matches the HTML version, fixes SF bug 626909. 2003-04-26 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbparam.dsl: rename parameter admon-graphic-default-extension to %admon-graphics-extension% for consistency * dbparam.dsl: Note that %admon-graphics-path% requires the trailing directory separator -- * dbparam.dsl: %admon-graphics-extension% will use the old name, admon-graphic-default-extension, if set 2003-03-25 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl, dbblock.dsl, dbcompon.dsl, dbgraph.dsl, dbinline.dsl, dbqanda.dsl, dbsect.dsl, docbook.dsl: move data from db31 into its proper component files 2003-03-24 Jirka Kosek <kosek@users.sourceforge.net> * dbttlpg.dsl: Added support for revdescription inside revison on titlepages 2003-03-21 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * Makefile: Don't hardcode DSSSL file list, use $(wildcard *.dsl); clean is cleaner 2003-02-17 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl, dbtitle.dsl: More cases where process-children-trim should be used. * dbcompon.dsl: Add some comments in the ARTICLE element. * dblists.dsl: In process-listitem-content replace (process-node-list (children (current-node))) with (process-children-trim) -- we need to be trimming whitespace. Some retabbing. * dbprint.dsl: $paragraph$ should use (process-children-trim); this fixes a space indent in RTF output on all PARAs marked up like: <para> Content ... * dbtable.dsl: Remove the %cals-cell-before-column-margin% hack for TeX backend, it's not needed anymore. 2003-02-13 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: element footnote/para uses default-text-style; set lines: wrap for the case of endnotes within verbatim 'asis' environments, but it doesn't seem to actually help (cf test programlisting.004) 2003-02-07 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbttlpg.dsl: some space over copyright; fixes Bug #542681 2003-01-21 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbparam.dsl: correct discussion of possible settings for %paper-type% and %visual-acuity% 2003-01-15 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbadmon.dsl, dbautoc.dsl, dbblock.dsl, dbcallou.dsl, dbdivis.dsl, dbefsyn.dsl, dbgloss.dsl, dbgraph.dsl, dbindex.dsl, dbinfo.dsl, dbinline.dsl, dblink.dsl, dblists.dsl, dblot.dsl, dbmath.dsl, dbmsgset.dsl, dbprint.dsl, dbprocdr.dsl, dbrfntry.dsl, dbsect.dsl, dbsynop.dsl, dbtable.dsl, dbtitle.dsl, dbverb.dsl, docbook.dsl, notoc.dsl, plain.dsl: update docbook URL to http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/dsssl/; N.B.: credit for the group option and repeating goes to John Daily * dbblock.dsl, dbparam.dsl: parameters for %formal-object-title-font-weight% %table-title-font-weight%, reviewed and tested, sourceforge patch #599366 * dblink.dsl: xref to varlistentry using the term, patch from Jens Emmerich; closes bug 520561 * dbsect.dsl: make <section> appear correctly in the PDF bookmark hierarchy; also fix font size selection for section titles corrects sourceforge bugs 589247 and 524028; patch from Carsten Haese appreciated * dbsynop.dsl: Patch #562401 <group choice="opt" rep="repeat">, elipsis should be outside of group, reference test cmdsynopsis.003 2002-12-16 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl, dbparam.dsl: %epigraph-start-indent% and %epigraph-end-indent% parameters allows customization of epigraph positioning; %blockquote-start-indent% and %blockquote-end-indent% parameters allows customization control of the blockquote positioning 2002-08-08 Adam Di Carlo <adicarlo@users.sourceforge.net> * Makefile: clean rule 2002-06-29 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: Patch #473114: Footnote inherit font family 2002-06-09 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbbibl.dsl, dbttlpg.dsl: Fix bug #502337: remove 'by' from copyright statements 2002-05-22 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: Support attribution on blockquote * dbinfo.dsl: Support chapterinfo, prefaceinfo, and appendixinfo 2002-05-12 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbttlpg.dsl: Bug #494693: bad formalpara formatting on title pages * dbverb.dsl: Bugs #429663 and #474328 fixed (allow external linespecific content to be indented and numbered). Eight bit or unicode external linespecific content may be problematic though. 2002-05-09 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dblink.dsl: Allow xref to refnamediv * dblists.dsl: Bug #469318: fix variablelist indents 2002-04-29 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbefsyn.dsl, dbverb.dsl: Format synopsis elements correctly outside of classsynopsis 2002-03-21 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbautoc.dsl: Find titles in any context 2002-03-20 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbefsyn.dsl: Support freestanding {method,field,constructor,destructor}synopsis 2002-02-20 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: Bug #429331: center figure title if image is centered 2002-02-11 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbdivis.dsl, dbttlpg.dsl: Patch #502637: avoid blank page between title page recto/verso * dbsect.dsl: Add section-info function 2001-12-01 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbindex.dsl: Patch #468644: Fix font sizes in index * dbprint.dsl: Bug #465133: Insufficient conditions on is-first-para * dbttlpg.dsl: Bug #465136: Verso authorgroup broken for editors--still broken but a little better * dbttlpg.dsl: Patch #470589: Abstracts indents should be relative 2001-11-30 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dblink.dsl: Patch #473113: No footnote ulink when text matches * dbsect.dsl: Patch #473116: Section levels * dbttlpg.dsl: Patch #473115: Heading levels for parts * docbook.dsl: Fix typo that causes the print stylesheet to break. * docbook.dsl: New file. 2001-11-27 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbgloss.dsl, dbindex.dsl: Attempt to handle glossary and index in article correctly 2001-11-14 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * docbook.dsl: branches: 1.5.2; Added Basque, Nynorsk, Ukranian, and Xhosa 2001-11-03 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbinline.dsl: Support pubwork=article on citetitle 2001-10-13 Jirka Kosek <kosek@users.sourceforge.net> * dbinline.dsl: Fixed bug #470840 - added support for methodname. 2001-10-01 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbverb.dsl: Support linenumbering attribute on verbatim environments 2001-09-29 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbadmon.dsl: Bug #449775: remove broken keep-with-next properties * dbcallou.dsl: Bug #449494: make callouts work even if they appear on the last line of a verbatim environment 2001-09-23 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dblink.dsl: Patch #461352, fix bug with ulink-footnotes and bop-footnotes simultaneously 2001-08-30 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl: Fix XML/SGML discrepancy wrt normalization of notation names; move some common stuff into dbcommon 2001-08-06 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbadmon.dsl: Patches #441806, keep with next in admonitions * dbinline.dsl: Support 'bold' and 'strong' roles on emphasis in the expected way, added %{emphasis,phrase}-propagates-style% parameters * docbook.dsl: Patches #439975, support OpenJade two-sided characteristics 2001-08-01 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbttlpg.dsl: Don't suppress keywordset if it's put on the title page 2001-07-07 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbdivis.dsl: Don't restart page numbering on ToC pages * notoc.dsl: Bug #439065, use correct parameters 2001-07-05 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbparam.dsl: Patch #420012, Add colon to content-title-end-punct 2001-07-04 <uid48421@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl: Bug #426745, don't make first para of question and answer bold * dbblock.dsl: Bug #436220, fix table footnotes when bop-footnotes is #t * dbgloss.dsl, dblists.dsl, dbrfntry.dsl, dbtitle.dsl: Bug #420015: set heading-level appropriately in glossary * dblists.dsl: Bug #418633, attempt to fix indentation in variablelists * docbook.dsl: Added Afrikaans and Turkish 2001-05-11 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * docbook.dsl: Support Serbian and Traditional Chinese 2001-05-03 Jirka Kosek <kosek@users.sourceforge.net> * dbinline.dsl: Added support for class="xmlpi" and class="emptytag" in <sgmltag>. Element and attribute names displayed in monospace, same way as in HTML by XSL. 2001-04-27 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl: Handle display? property correctly on imagedata graphics 2001-04-24 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl: Bug #418474: only output a space after the qanda label if the label isn't empty 2001-04-21 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbautoc.dsl: Make top-level entries in the TOC 'keep-with-next' 2001-04-16 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbttlpg.dsl: Bug #414681: add heading-level to set and book titles 2001-04-15 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * dbblock.dsl: Force upright posture and default quadding in footnote text * dblists.dsl: Format variablelist title in the table when a variablelist is formatted with a table 2001-04-04 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * Makefile: New file. 2001-04-03 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * db31.dsl: Fix bug 412548, allow WMF in media objects 2001-04-02 Norman Walsh <nwalsh@users.sourceforge.net> * .cvsignore, catalog, db31.dsl, dbadmon.dsl, dbautoc.dsl, dbbibl.dsl, dbblock.dsl, dbcallou.dsl, dbcompon.dsl, dbdivis.dsl, dbefsyn.dsl, dbgloss.dsl, dbgraph.dsl, dbindex.dsl, dbinfo.dsl, dbinline.dsl, dblink.dsl, dblists.dsl, dblot.dsl, dbmath.dsl, dbmsgset.dsl, dbparam.dsl, dbprint.dsl, dbprocdr.dsl, dbrfntry.dsl, dbsect.dsl, dbsynop.dsl, dbtable.dsl, dbtitle.dsl, dbttlpg.dsl, dbverb.dsl, docbook.dsl, notoc.dsl, plain.dsl, version.dsl: Initial checkins