I found a pretty good solution to my variable list spacing problems. It turns out to be fairly straightforward to replace a <variablelist> with an <informaltable> element with no frame or separators. The row ends up being nicely formatted in a more compact style. Just for reference, here's the general replacement:
The <variablelist> tag becomes: <informaltable frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0"> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colnum="1" colwidth="1*"> <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="4*"> <tbody> the column width is proportional spacing. 1* is the base, 4* says this is 4 times as large as the 1* column. Depending on what you are formatting, you might want to tweak those values. The </variablelist> tag becomes </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> The <varlistentry> tags become <row> tags. The <term> and <listitem> tags become <entry>. This is easily handled with a few global changes. Just be careful about trying to do a global change of "term" to "entry". A lot of tables have <indexterm> tags in them that you don't want to change accidentally. Rick On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Rick McGuire <object.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is mostly addressed to David, by if anybody else has a >> suggestion, feel free to chip in. I've added some information about >> the different types used for the APIs using <variablelist> tags, but >> on inspecting the results, I find this to be a bit spread out. > > Rick, > > I too don't like things so spread out, but haven't come up with any > good solutions. > > This probably doesn't apply to you, but the only thing I have learned > is that if you indent to show nesting levels, then don't indent > program listings: > > <programlisting> > <![CDATA[ > MyDialog~addButton(555, 100, 80, 40, 15, "&Get new Info", , > "getInfo", "NOTAB") > ]]> > </programlisting> > </para> > </listitem></varlistentry> > </variablelist> > > Indenting programlisting to match para add several extra lines of spacing. > > I also try to avoid the <note> in the middle of a paragraph, which > also seems to add extra spacing. > > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > > > > Are >> there any processing attributes on variablelist to control the spacing >> on this? Failing that, are there other options, such as maybe using a >> table with no frame? >> >> Rick >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> SourcForge Community >> SourceForge wants to tell your story. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
