Re: [docbook-apps] Do callouts on images work?

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Chris Ridd <>
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2011-04-12T17:06:01+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] Do callouts on images work?
On 12 Apr 2011, at 16:51, Dave Pawson wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:28:07 +0100
> Chris Ridd <> wrote:
> 
>> I've got a bunch of screenshots containing hand-drawn arrows and
>> annotations that I think would be better done as callouts, but I
>> don't seem to be able to get callouts rendering properly to PDF.
>> 
>> Do they actually work?
>> 
>> If they do, does anyone have a working example they could share?
>> Here's my non-working XML:
>> 
>>    <mediaobjectco>
>>      <imageobjectco>
>>        <areaspec units="calspair">
>>          <area coords="5000,5000 5100,5100" id="p1" linkends="c1"/>
>>        </areaspec>
>> 
>>        <imageobject>
>>          <imagedata fileref="/path/to/screenshot.png" scale="50"/>
>>        </imageobject>
>> 
>>        <calloutlist>
>>          <callout arearefs="p1">
>>            <para>Here I am in the middle.</para>
>>          </callout>
>>        </calloutlist>
>>      </imageobjectco>
>>    </mediaobjectco>
>> 
>> [I'm not sure what purpose the linkends="c1" serves, if any.]
> 
> 
>  <example xml:id="inline1">
> 	<title>e</title>
> 
> 	
>      <programlisting>

So they work in programlistings but not mediaobjects?

Chris