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diff --git a/office/fop/README b/office/fop/README index 063a19b2f85f1..6d323c7135a41 100644 --- a/office/fop/README +++ b/office/fop/README @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven -by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. -It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and -renders the resulting pages to a specified output. +Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter +driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent +formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object +(FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, XML -(area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser extent, -RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. +(area tree representation), Print, AWT and PNG, and to a lesser +extent, RTF and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. The goals of the Apache FOP project are to deliver an XSL-FO to PDF formatter that is compliant to at least the Basic conformance level @@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ Other relevant documents, such as the XPath and XLink Working Drafts, are referenced as necessary. The FOP Project will attempt to use the latest version of evolving specifications. -The default build is for jdk 7 and 8 (including openjdk). To build -on jdk11 and newer, pass JDK11=yes to the build scrip. If you are +The default build is for jdk 7 and 8 (including openjdk). To build +on jdk11 and newer, pass JDK11=yes to the build script. If you are still running the (incredibly ancient) jdk 6, please use fop2.0, also available on SBo. Requires apache-ant and apache-maven. jai and jai-imageio are optional but recommended dependencies. + +WARNING: The SlackBuild requires network access, as the build process +downloads files from the internet. |