Re: [lmi] Conclusions drawn from certain 2007 xsl-fo experiments

[Greg Chicares]

On 2008-12-12 04:14Z, Greg Chicares wrote:
>
[... '--pyx=xml' to save intermediate xml output file ...]
> 
> It might also help us to track down an intermittent
> error that a couple of users have reported recently: in
> some already-crowded sections of a pdf file, each column
> of numeric data appears several times, with copies shifted
> laterally. Digits overlay each other. To me, it looks like
> a nixie tube
>   http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/in-18/in-18-f.jpg
> with power applied to more than one cathode. Anyway, the
> first step is probably to determine where in this pipeline:
>   C++ --> xml --> xsl-fo --> pdf
> the error arises; that's where the command above may help.

That error has been quite difficult to reproduce, but I observed
it today and captured the intermediate files:

>   C++ --> xml --> xsl-fo --> pdf
           SAME    DIFFERS DIFFERS

which I'll send in private email because they happen to contain
some proprietary information. Presumably 'illustration_reg.xsl'
has a problem in the vicinity of:
  <xsl:template name="numeric-summary-report">