DOCBOOK-APPS: modifying variablelist FOs

[Dennis Grace <dgrace at us dot ibm dot com>]

I want to change the appearance of the variablelists. Applying the 1.50.0
stylesheets, my pdfs come out looking like this:

   Body text Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed
   diam nonummy
   nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut
   wisi enim ad
   minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis
   nisl ut aliquip ex
   ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in
   vulputate velit
   esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at
   vero eros et
   accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril
   delenit augue duis
   dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

   First list item           Various meaning less drivel about the first
   term. Duis autem vel eum
                                    iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate
   velit esse molestie consequat,
                                    dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at
   vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio
                                    dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
   zzril delenit augue duis dolore
                                    te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum
   dolor sit amet, consectetuer
                                    adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh
   euismod tincidunt ut laoreet.

   Second list item     Stuff about the second term.

   Third list item         Stuff about the fourth term.

   Body text Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
   ullamcorper suscipit
   lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum
   iriure dolor in
   hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore
   eu feugiat nulla
   facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
   praesent luptatum
   zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum
   dolor sit amet,
   consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut
   laoreet
   dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

Just in case that didn't work going across the various mailers, the
variablelistentry text is indented by an amount slightly to the right of
the maxtermlength.

I would like to make the entries look more like this:


        Main body text Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy
   nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut
   wisi enim ad
   minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis
   nisl ut aliquip ex
   ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in
   vulputate velit
   esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at
   vero eros et
   accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril
   delenit augue duis
   dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Main body text.

   First list item

        Various meaning less drivel about the first term. Duis autem vel
   eum ure dolor in
        hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, dolore eu
   feugiat nulla facilisis
        at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit
   praesent luptatum zzril
        delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum
   dolor sit amet,
        consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod
   tincidunt ut laoreet.

   Second list item

         Stuff about the second term.

   Third list item

         Stuff about the fourth term.

   Main body text Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation
   ullamcorper suscipit
   lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum
   iriure dolor in
   hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore
   eu feugiat nulla
   facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio Main body text.

Again, in case the formatting was lost, I want the variablelistentry body
to appear under the term and indented slightly (about 0.25"). I've tried
fiddling with the variablelistentry templates in fo/lists.xsl, but I can't
figure out how to separate the body from the term.

Thanks.

Dennis Grace

Information Developer
IBM Linux Technology Center
(512) 838-3937  T/L 678-3937  cell: (512)-296-7830
dgrace@us.ibm.com

What is this some kind of demonstrative pronoun?