Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Problem with <entrytbl>

[Jirka Kosek <jirka at kosek dot cz>]

Giuseppe Greco wrote:
> 
> Instead of using the <entrytbl> element, I rewrote my
> document using nested tables...
> 
> That works fine with HMTL backend, but I still have
> problems with print backend.

As I said previously, do not use nested tables. Flatten them to single
table with row-spans and columns-spans.

> <informaltable frame="none">
>   <tgroup cols="1">
>     <tbody>
>       <row id="ref0001">
>         <entry>
>           <para>
>             <informaltable frame="none">
>               <tgroup cols="3">
>                 <colspec colnum="1" colname="c1" colwidth="1*"/>
>                 <colspec colnum="2" colname="c2" colwidth="2*"/>
>                 <colspec colnum="3" colname="c3" colwidth="7*"/>

If you want something like 

----------------------------
|   A    |        B        |
----------------------------
|        |    D    |  E    |
-   C    -------------------
|        |    F    |  G    |
----------------------------

you can use 2x2 table which contains another 2x2 table in one cell. But
you can also create 3x2 table with some spans.

<table>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="c1".../>
<colspec colname="c2".../>
<colspec colname="c3".../>
<tbody>
<row>
  <entry>A</entry>
  <entry namest="c2" namend="c3">B</entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry morerows="1">C</entry>
  <entry>D</entry>
  <entry>E</entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry>F</entry>
  <entry>G</entry>
</row>
</tgroup>
</table>

It is not as natural as nested tables, but should work with current
tools.

				Jirka

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