Re: [docbook-apps] So, no books? (was Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Future of XSL-FO)

2012-05-11 Thread Tony Graham
On Thu, May 10, 2012 10:43 pm, Nic Gibson wrote: > On 10 May 2012, at 13:18, Tony Graham wrote: ... >> Developing software requires time and/or money (to fund the time). Open >> source software depends on people having the itch to solve that >> particular >> problem, not having more important clai

Re: [docbook-apps] Padding on admonitions (fo stylesheets)

2012-05-11 Thread Bob Stayton
Hi Dick, I have run across this problem too, and so I finally looked it up. It seems this is a feature of the XSL-FO specification. In section 5.3.2 "Margin, Space, and Indent Properties" in the chapter titled "Property Refinement / Resolution", I find this statement: If the corresponding a

Re: [docbook-apps] Padding on admonitions (fo stylesheets)

2012-05-11 Thread XML Press
Bob, Thanks for the explanation. It actually makes sense that they went that way, though in a convoluted way:-). Dick On May 11, 2012, at 10:49, "Bob Stayton" wrote: > Hi Dick, > I have run across this problem too, and so I finally looked it up. It seems > this is a feature of the XSL-FO

Re: [docbook-apps] forcing toc to start with specific page number on fo

2012-05-11 Thread Bob Stayton
Hi Doris, I don't see an easy solution for this. The 'initial.page.number' template only accepts two template params, and neither of them distinguish between a table of contents and a list of tables etc. I would suggest that blank pages are the way to go, or perhaps an empty element such as a

Re: [docbook-apps] Indexing.

2012-05-11 Thread Bob Stayton
Regarding the (continued) label for long index entries that break across a column, I've implemented that feature for a client in XEP using its extension property rx:table-omit-initial-header, in a manner similar to that feature for repeating table titles across page breaks. In this case, each p

[docbook-apps] page-wide figures in a two-column layout

2012-05-11 Thread Stefan Seefeld
Hello, I'm trying to format an article with a two-column layout, with figures (and tables) embedded that should span both columns. I'm setting the 'pgwide' attribute to '1' on the respective elements, but the generated pdf looks wrong: the figure starts in the second (right) column, and then exten

Re: [docbook-apps] Indexing.

2012-05-11 Thread davep
On 11/05/12 21:27, Bob Stayton wrote: Regarding the (continued) label for long index entries that break across a column, I've implemented that feature for a client in XEP using its extension property rx:table-omit-initial-header, in a manner similar to that feature for repeating table titles acro

Re: [docbook-apps] page-wide figures in a two-column layout

2012-05-11 Thread redlettucemail
You might need to also float the formal objects using a float value of "before". That should put the tables and figures onto a following page and span columns. -Original Message- From: Stefan Seefeld To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 22:53:48 -0400 Sub