Re: Quran PDF generation, help needed

[Gregg Reynolds <gar at arabink dot com>]

Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya wrote:
> Gregg,
> Thanks for the info. Looks interesting. However, I do need some help
> for the creation of XSL, since XML it's not my expertise. You can
> refer to the quran XML structure for the actual XML, or if you think 
> it is better to use different XML format, please let me know. I don't
> think it is that difficult to generate a new XML file structure for
> the Quran. A simple perl script would do the trick.
Hi Meor,

I think the XML structure in the file I downloaded from your site will 
do just fine.

If I get a few minutes this weekend I'll whip up an XSL stylesheet to 
print out a few Surahs.  Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. 
 But I guess there is a bit of a learning curve.  The great advantage 
of using XSL-FO is that you can adjust your formatting very easily.  For 
example, for proofreading you might want to print each Ayah on a 
separate line, in relatively large print with large side margins for 
notes.  Then if you wanted to make a properly typeset version you could 
just make a few adjustments to the stylesheet.

XSL-FO stuff is also just plain fun.  ;)

-gregg