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DITA-OT: Scaling Images in PDF Output

When generating PDF output via the DITA Open Toolkit, users often stumble over image scaling issues. While smaller graphics are typically rendered without problems, large images may extend beyond the page dimensions, throw errors in the log file or not appear at all. So we need a way to downscale larger images. There are basically [...]

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Roundtripping Versions: How to Git to SVN (and Back Again)

… An Edge Case Tutorial for the Obsessed This post proposes an arcane Goldbergian solution to a problem you may not have. It’s about version control software and a way to use a single folder on your computer as both a Git repository and a Subversion working copy. If that confuses you, chances are you’ve [...]

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Snow Leopard Services: Set ZIP File Date

One of the more popular posts on this site is an entry from October of 2007 on creating a ZIP archive and setting the modification date via an Automator workflow. As I wrote then: “…when you’re archiving older data, it’s much more useful for the ZIP file date to reflect the date of its contents, [...]

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