FW: [docbook-apps] two-column problem

[Jeff Beal <jeff dot beal at ansys dot com>]

I forgot to hit "Reply All" when working with Bill.  For his situation, we
were able to fix the problem by changing the template for <section/> to not
create an <fo:block/> surrounding the entire section, just around the
section header information.  That won't work for all tables, of course, and
it prevents certain types of customizations (e.g., indenting sections), but
if page-wide tables are important, this may be an easy way to do it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Lawrence [mailto:scribe@matrixplus.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:31 AM
To: 'Jeff Beal'
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] two-column problem


That's much better.  Now all I have to do is to extend this logic to
figure and I'm all set.

Thanks a bunch!

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Beal [mailto:jeff.beal@ansys.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:59 AM
> To: 'Bill Lawrence'
> Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] two-column problem
> 
> See what happens if you customize the <section/> template to not
create
> the
> surrounding <fo:block/>:
> <xsl:template match="section">
>   <xsl:variable name="id">
>     <xsl:call-template name="object.id"/>
>   </xsl:variable>
> 
>   <fo:block id="{$id}">
>     <xsl:call-template name="section.titlepage"/>
>   </fo:block> <!-- Close block here -->
>     <xsl:variable name="toc.params">
>       <xsl:call-template name="find.path.params">
>         <xsl:with-param name="table"
> select="normalize-space($generate.toc)"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>     </xsl:variable>
> 
>     <xsl:if test="contains($toc.params, 'toc')
>                   and (count(ancestor::section)+1) &lt;=
> $generate.section.toc.level">
>       <xsl:call-template name="section.toc">
>         <xsl:with-param name="toc.title.p"
select="contains($toc.params,
> 'title')"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>      <xsl:call-template name="section.toc.separator"/>
>     </xsl:if>
> 
>     <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Lawrence [mailto:scribe@matrixplus.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:33 AM
> > To: 'Jeff Beal'
> > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] two-column problem
> >
> >
> > Jeff,
> >
> > It is nested.  The flow starts at the section, and does indeed get
> > nested one level deep.  It's pretty ugly trying to trace that along.
> > Every so often, there's a <block/> tag, which seems utterly
pointless.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeff Beal [mailto:jeff.beal@ansys.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:18 AM
> > > To: 'Bill Lawrence'
> > > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] two-column problem
> > >
> > > Howdy Bill -
> > >
> > > Are you sure it's just a function of the table height?  In looking
> > through
> > > the stylesheets briefly, it looks like only tables that are direct
> > > children
> > > of components (chapters, appendices, and the like) will be direct
> > children
> > > of <fo:flow/> objects.  If a table is in a section, the section
> > element
> > > will
> > > create a surrounding <fo:block/>, which is what *should* cause
this
> > error.
> > > If you can verify that the block with the span attribute is a
direct
> > child
> > > of an <fo:flow>, this looks like a XEP error.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill Lawrence [mailto:scribe@matrixplus.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 10:08 AM
> > > To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > Subject: [docbook-apps] two-column problem
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm trying to run two columns using landscape pages, and I
> > need to set
> > > some
> > > tables to span both columns.  I've set the pgwide
> > attribute, and this
> > > seems
> > > to work erratically.  If has a rather small vertical depth, the
span
> > works
> > > just fine.  However, if I create a table that is larger
> > than a single
> > > page,
> > > XEP reports the following:
> > >
> > > {?'span' attribute on block ignored because the element is not a
> > direct
> > > child of a flow}
> > >
> > > After which the table reverts to two-columns.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Lawrence
> > > Senior Technical Writer
> > > Matrix Solutions
> >
> >
> >



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