NAME¶
sdngen - SDF Tuning File Generator
PURPOSE¶
sdngen extracts SDF template information from a
FrameMaker
template.
USAGE¶
usage : sdngen [-h[help]] [-o[out_ext]]
[-l[log_ext]] [-O[out_dir]] [-p para_root]
[-f font_root] [-t tbl_root]
[-e existing_template] file ...
purpose: generate an SDF template from a Frame one
version: 2.000 (SDF 2.001)
The options are:
Option Description
-h display help on options
-o output file extension
-l log file extension
-O output to input file's (or explicit) directory
-p default parent for a paragraph format
-f default parent for a font format
-t default parent for a table format
-e existing template file
DESCRIPTION¶
The -h option provides help. If it is specified without a parameter, a brief
description of each option is displayed. To display the attributes for an
option, specify the option letter as a parameter.
By default, generated output goes to standard output. To direct output to a file
per input file, use the -o option to specify an extension for output files. If
the -o option is specified without a parameter, an extension of
out is
assumed.
Likewise, error messages go to standard error by default. Use the -l option to
create a log file per input file. If the -l option is specified without a
parameter, an extension of
log is assumed.
By default, generated output and log files are created in the current directory.
Use the -O option to specify an explicit output directory. If the -O option is
specified without a parameter, the input file's directory is used.
The -p option can be used to specify the root paragraph format from which others
are derived. The default paragraph root is
Body.
The -f option can be used to specify the root font (i.e. phrase) format from
which others are derived. The default font root is
Emphasis.
The -t option can be used to specify the root table format from which others are
derived. The default table root is
Format A.
As formats often appear in families (e.g. Heading1, Heading2, etc.),
sdngen will use the (alphabetically) previous format as the parent if
it makes a better parent (i.e. there are less differences) than the default
one.
If a template already exists, it can be specified using the -e option. In this
case,
sdngen will get as much information as it can from that file
including:
- •
- the root format for each type
- •
- the order of formats within a type
- •
- the parent for each format.
Within each type, formats which are unknown in the existing template are output
after those that are known.
EXAMPLES¶
To generate an SDF tuning file file:
sdngen -osdn mytemplate.mif
This will create a template file called
mytemplate.sdn.