RE: [docbook-apps] Unexpected XSL-FO formatting changes in versions of DocBook XSL after 1.65-1

["Steve Whitlatch" <swhitlat at getnet dot net>]

Thanks again Bob! That worked. 

Steve Whitlatch


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 3:05 PM
> To: Steve Whitlatch; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Unexpected XSL-FO formatting changes in
> versions of DocBook XSL after 1.65-1
> 
> 
> The thing that has changed is the use of the component.title.properties
> attribute-set by the component.title template.  That attribute-set was used
> in some past version of the stylesheet to format component titles, then it
> was removed, and then it was reinstated in 1.66.1 (but empty) as a
> convenience for those who prefer attribute-sets over customizing
> titlepage.templates.xml.  It turns out that your customization has a
> component.title.properties attribute-set that is adding the properties you
> don't want.  It was probably left over from some earlier version, and has
> been inactive until 1.66.1 restored the use of that attribute-set.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Whitlatch" <swhitlat@getnet.net>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:06 PM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Unexpected XSL-FO formatting changes in versions of
> DocBook XSL after 1.65-1
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am trying to upgrade a DocBook XSL customization layer used by a document
> whose formatting I thought I had settled using version 1.65-1 of the DocBook
> XSL stylesheets. Starting with version 1.66-0 and continuing with all
> subsequent versions of the DocBook XSL stylesheets up to 1.67-2, the
> formatted output controlled by the following changed:
> 
> *****************************************
>   <!-- font-family, font-size, and color of the chapter titles. Includes a
> matching colored rule beneath the chapter title text. -->
>   <xsl:template match="title" mode="chapter.titlepage.recto.auto.mode">
>     <fo:block color="#336666" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";
>            xsl:use-attribute-sets="chapter.titlepage.recto.style"
>            margin-left="{$title.margin.left}"
>            font-size="20pt"
>            font-weight="bold"
>            font-style="italic"
>            font-family="GillSans-BoldItalic"
>            border-bottom-style="solid"
>            border-bottom-width="3pt"
>            border-bottom-color="#336666"
>            space-after="9pt">
>       <xsl:call-template name="component.title">
>         <xsl:with-param name="node" select="ancestor-or-self::chapter[1]"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>     </fo:block>
>   </xsl:template>
> *****************************************
> 
> By "formatted output," I mean as rendered to PDF by FOP after running the
> DocBook XML through xsltproc.
> 
> I've run some tests keeping the versions of xsltproc and FOP consistent.
> >From DocBook XSL stylesheet versions 1.65-1 to (1.66-0 through 1.67-2),
> most everything is the same except for two minor but significant changes.
> I'd like to get back to the old appearance.
> 
> - chapter title font is no longer rendered in the
> PDF at 20pt, but rather at about 14pt
> (a default set somewhere else? ignoring font-size="20pt"?).
> 
> - the space between the bottom of the chapter title
> text and the 3pt rule beneath it changed from being
> about 3pt (nice looking) to about 10pt (way too much,
> looks bad).
> 
> I know it doesn't work, but I'm looking for something that would have the
> same affect as
> border-bottom-space-before="-6pt"
> to pull the rule up, but that may not be necessary if I can get the chapter
> title font-size back to 20pt.
> 
> I'm not saying that a bug was introduced between DocBook XSL versions 1.65-1
> and 1.66-0. I don't know that. Perhaps a bug was corrected and my
> customization layer is still trying to accommodate for a bug that no longer
> exists.
> 
> If necessary, the entire XSL customization layer is online at:
> http://www.getnet.net/~swhitlat/DocBook/XSL_Project_XSL.html
> 
> 
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks,
> 
> Steve Whitlatch
> 
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