The <filepath>local.properties</filepath> file

The <filepath>local.properties</filepath> file local.properties A local.properties file in the root directory of the DITA-OT installation can be used to override the default values of various DITA-OT parameters. fileslocal.properties local.properties file Windows RenderXlocal.properties Antenna Houselocal.properties command linelocal.properties file Javalocal.properties file PDFformatter formatterApache FOP

Antenna House

RenderX

For example, if you always use the same rendering engine to produce PDF output for all of your projects, you could create a local.properties file in the root directory of your DITA-OT installation to set the pdf.formatter parameter and additional options for the XSL processor:

# Use RenderX XEP Engine for PDF output pdf.formatter = xep # Specify the user configuration file for RenderX custom.xep.config = /path/to/custom.config

Backslash “\” characters in .properties files must be escaped with a second backslash as “\\”. If you use Antenna House Formatter on a Windows system, for example, you would set the path to the command using a properties file entry like this:

# Use Antenna House Formatter for PDF output pdf.formatter = ah # Specify the path to the Antenna House Formatter command axf.cmd=C:\\Program Files\\Antenna House\\AHFormatterV62

This file can only be used to set Ant property values that can be passed as argument parameters to the command line. The DITA-OT Java code does not read this file.