RE: [xsl] The longest node in a node set

[DPawson at rnib dot org dot uk]

> I think I would better go for a hypenation approach. Not that I want
> real English words hyphenated, but the idea is as follows:
> 
> I have long things like:
> 
> 0123456-987654-784112-AS-666
> 
> This could probably be split as:
> 
> 0123456-987654-784112-
> AS-666
> 
> Is there a way to tell the FO renderer that it can cut a word at a
> specific place? Some sort of zero length space that must be 
> interpreted
> by the FO renderer as exactly that, a space (in the sense of something
> that is between words), but 0 length (i.e. Do not draw it if 
> the word is
> not splitted).

fo supports this,
7.16.7 "treat-as-word-space"
 <fo:character character="&#x2001;" treat-as-word-space="true"/>

Its an 'invisible' space (I think 2001 is very thin space)
If you scattered those alongside the hyphens it would help.

Check your formatter supports this though. xep doesn't as yet,
nor does Antenna house. Unsure about PassiveTex.
So its there, but not usable as yet.



> Or does anyone see a better approach?

I think your approach of word splitting at the xslt stage is appropriate,
though what to split on might be difficult.

Question. If tables are proving so difficult, is it essential to have
tables?
Or how about taking the hard to format cells and providing a link to notes
after
the table?

HTH DaveP

 

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