Metanorma mn2pdf

Installing Build Tools

You will need the maven build tool and make.

• How to install Maven on Windows, Linux, Mac

Java Requirements

You will need the Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8, Update 241 (8u241) or higher.

Usage

java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.92.jar --xml-file <XML-FileName> --xsl-file <XSLT-FileName> --pdf-file <Output-PDF-FileName> [--syntax-highlight]

e.g.

java -Xss5m -Xmx2048m -jar target/mn2pdf-1.92.jar --xml-file tests/G.191.xml --xsl-file tests/itu.recommendation.xsl --pdf-file tests/G.191.pdf

PDF encryption features

via command-line options

parameter	description
--encryption-length <integer>	encryption length in bit
--owner-password <string>	owner password
--user-password <string>	user password
--allow-print <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable printing
--allow-copy-content <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable copy/paste of content
--allow-edit-content <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable editing
--allow-edit-annotations <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable editing of annotations
--allow-fill-in-forms <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable filling in forms
--allow-access-content <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable text and graphics extraction for accessibility purposes
--allow-assemble-document <true|false(default)>	'false' for disable assembling documents
--allow-print-hq <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable high quality printing
--encrypt-metadata <true(default)|false>	'false' for disable encrypt the Metadata stream

via YAML file (--encryption-parameters <filename>)

encryption-length: 128
owner-password: mypass
user-password: userpass
allow-print: false
allow-print-hq: true
allow-copy-content: true
allow-edit-content: false
allow-edit-annotations: true
allow-fill-in-forms: false
allow-access-content: true
allow-assemble-document: false
encrypt-metadata: true

Building the package

mn2pdf depends on another packages which published in GitHub Packages registry. Regarding https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-apache-maven-registry you need an access token to install these packages. Please set the environment variable GH_TOKEN for building the mn2pdf package.

For Windows OS:

SET GH_TOKEN=<your GitHub token>

For Linux:

GH_TOKEN=<your GitHub token>

To build:

make all

Releasing a new version

Update version in pom.xml, e.g.:

<groupId>org.metanorma.fop</groupId>
<artifactId>mn2pdf</artifactId>
<version>1.92</version>
<name>Metanorma XML to PDF converter</name>

Build the package using instructions above, the package will be created at: target/mn2pdf-{version}.jar

Tag the same version in Git:

git tag v1.92
git push origin v1.92

Then the corresponding GitHub release will be automatically created at: https://github.com/metanorma/mn2pdf/releases

And downloadable at: https://github.com/metanorma/mn2pdf/releases/download/v{version}/mn2pdf-{version}.jar

Testing

The testing environment utilizes these tools:

• make

We use the ITU Recommendation XSLT for testing. It requires the following fonts installed:

• Times New Roman

• Arial

Please follow the instructions here to install prerequisites to run the tests: https://github.com/metanorma/mn-native-pdf

Running the tests:

make test

Copyright

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