[oXygen-user] advice on epub scenario customization

[Oxygen XML Editor Support (Sorin Ristache)]

Hello,

The XSL file called by the TEI to EPUB transformation is

/Applications/oxygen/frameworks/tei/xml/tei/stylesheet/profiles/default/epub/to.xsl

which imports and uses

/Applications/oxygen/frameworks/tei/xml/tei/stylesheet/epub/tei-to-epub.xsl

where most processing is done. Depending on your customizations you will 
need to modify this file tei-to-epub.xsl or one of the XSLT files that 
are imported in tei-to-epub.xsl.

If your customization is only a visual look and feel issue that can be 
done with CSS code then maybe setting a custom CSS in the "cssFile" 
parameter of the transformation may be enough. If a CSS is not enough 
you have to modify the XSLT files that I mentioned above.

This is the only transformation available for creating an ebook from a 
TEI XML document. Oxygen comes also with a TEI PDF transformation (if we 
can call PDF output an ebook format) but I think it needs many 
customizations to make it professional as a visual format. Please try 
also the TEI PDF transformation and let us know if the generated PDF 
output looks nice for you.


Best regards,
Sorin

http://www.oxygenxml.com


Andrew Rouner wrote:
> I am creating an ebook in epub, MOBI and PDF formats from TEI XML.  I 
> want to use the built-in transformation scenario in oxygen to create the 
> epub file.
> 
> But I want to be able to customize the output too.  I have seen that the 
> following files are drawn on in the scenario:
> 
> /Applications/oxygen/frameworks/tei/xml/tei/stylesheet/tei.css 
> /Applications/oxygen/frameworks/tei/xml/tei/stylesheet/epub/tei-to-epub.xsl
> /Applications/oxygen/frameworks/tei/xml/tei/stylesheet/profiles/default/epub/to.xsl
> 
> I’ve tested modifying at least one of them to alter the output, which 
> seemed to work.  I’m looking for any advice on other files to modify in 
> the process, or possibly other approaches on generating ebooks from TEI XML.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew