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+#!/bin/sh
+	
+if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then
+   echo "usage: [-v] $0 <docbook file> <templatedir>"
+   echo
+   echo "*NOTE* you need xsltproc, fop and nwalsh docbook stylesheets" 
+   echo "       installed for this to work!"
+   echo
+   exit 0
+fi
+
+FO=`echo $1 | sed s/.xml/.fo/` || exit 1
+PDF=`echo $1 | sed s/.xml/.pdf/` || exit 1
+TEMPLATEDIR=$2
+
+##
+# These URI should be rewritten by your distribution's xml catalog to
+# match your localy installed XSL stylesheets.
+XSL_BASE_URI="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current"
+
+# Creates a temporary XSL stylesheet based on titlepage.xsl
+xsltproc -o /tmp/titlepage.xsl                                           \
+	 --xinclude                                                      \
+         $XSL_BASE_URI/template/titlepage.xsl \
+         $TEMPLATEDIR/titlepage.templates.xml || exit 1
+
+# Creates the file needed for FOP
+xsltproc --xinclude                    \
+	 --stringparam hyphenate false \
+	 --stringparam formal.title.placement "figure after" \
+	 --stringparam ulink.show 1 \
+         --stringparam  body.font.master  9 \
+         --stringparam  title.font.master  11 \
+         --stringparam draft.watermark.image "$TEMPLATEDIR/draft.png" \
+         --stringparam  chapter.autolabel 1 \
+         --stringparam  appendix.autolabel A \
+         --stringparam  section.autolabel 1 \
+         --stringparam  section.label.includes.component.label 1 \
+         --output $FO               \
+         $TEMPLATEDIR/db-pdf.xsl    \
+	 $1                 || exit 1
+
+# Invokes the Java version of FOP.  Uses the additional configuration file common/fop-config.xml
+fop -c $TEMPLATEDIR/fop-config.xml -fo $FO -pdf $PDF       || exit 1
+
+rm -f $FO
+rm -f  /tmp/titlepage.xsl
+
+echo
+echo " #### Success! $PDF ready. ####"
+echo