XMLmind DITA Converter Manual

Hussein Shafie

XMLmind Software

35, rue Louis Leblanc
78120 Rambouillet
France

Phone: +33 (0)9 52 80 80 37

ditac-support@xmlmind.com

www.xmlmind.com/ditac/

December 9, 2024

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Part I. Using XMLmind DITA Converter

Chapter 1. Installing XMLmind DITA Converter

1. Contents of the installation directory

Chapter 2. Getting started

1. Using the ditac command-line utility

Chapter 3. The ditac command-line utility

Chapter 4. XSLT stylesheets parameters

1. Page headers and footers

Chapter 5. Controlling the numbering of ordered lists

Chapter 6. Giving a background color to table cells

Chapter 7. Fancy code blocks

1. Syntax highlighting

Chapter 8. Rich media content

Part II. Customizing the output of XMLmind DITA Converter

Chapter 9. Simple customization

1. Customize the look of the (X)HTML pages generated by ditac

2. Customizing the look of the PDF files generated by ditac

Chapter 10. Using ditac to convert documents conforming to a DITA specialization

Chapter 11. Extensive customization

Part III. Embedding XMLmind DITA Converter in a Java™ application

Chapter 12. Recommended high-level embedding method

Chapter 13. Advanced low-level embedding method

Appendix A. About DITA support in XMLmind DITA Converter

Appendix B. Lightweight DITA support

1. XDITA support

2. HDITA support

3. MDITA support

3.1. Markdown extensions

Appendix C. Limitations and implementation specificities

Appendix D. Translating the messages generated by ditac