Elementname: Layout

Description

This command is the root element in the Layout instructions.

Allowed attributes: name, version

Child elements: DefineColor, DefineFontfamily, DefineTextformat, Hyphenation, LoadFontfile, Options, PDFOptions, Pageformat, Pagetype, Record, SetGrid, SetVariable, Stylesheet

Parent elements: (none)

Attributes

name (text, optional)

A name for the layout. Optional, without any influence on the layout itself.

version (number, optional)

Minimum publisher version required. If major or minor version differ, give a warning. Format: 1.6.12 (revision number can be left out).

Example

This is a complete example for a layout ruleset:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Layout
  xmlns:sd="urn:speedata:2009/publisher/functions/en"
  xmlns="urn:speedata.de:2009/publisher/en">
  <Options
    show-grid="yes"
    show-gridallocation="no"
  />

  <LoadFontfile name="Helvetica Fett" filename="texgyreheros-bold.otf" />

<DefineFontfamily
    name="title"
    fontsize="12"
    leading="16">
    <Regular fontface="Helvetica Fett" />
  </DefineFontfamily>

  <Pageformat width="150mm" height="200mm" />
  <SetGrid width="4mm" height="14pt" />

  <DefineTextformat name="text" alignment="justified" />

  <Pagetype name="recto" test="sd:odd(sd:current-page())">
    <Margin left="2cm" right="1cm" top="1cm" bottom="1cm" />
  </Pagetype>

  <Pagetype name="verso" test="sd:even(sd:current-page())">
    <Margin left="1cm" right="2cm" top="1cm" bottom="1cm" />
  </Pagetype>

  <Record element="product">
    <SetVariable variable="column" select="2" />
    <PlaceObject column="1">
      <Textblock width="14" fontface="title">
        <Paragraph>
          <Value select="@name"/>
        </Paragraph>
      </Textblock>
    </PlaceObject>
    <ProcessNode select="productimage"/>
    <NewPage/>
  </Record>

  <Record element="productimage">
    <NextRow rows="2"/>
    <PlaceObject column="1">
      <Image width="10" file="{string(.)}"/>
    </PlaceObject>
  </Record>

</Layout>

See also

Include

Commands

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