[docbook-apps] Re: Wrong indentation for nested description lists

[Steinar Bang <sb at dod dot no>]

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>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:

> Platform: dual Intel PIII,
> 	  RedHat 8,
> 	  docbook XML 4.2,
> 	  docbook XSL 1.64.1,
> 	  libxml2 2.5.4,
> 	  libxslt 1.0.27,
> 	  fop 0.20.5

> If I use nested <variablelist> elements, and block style formatting in
> XSL:FO/PDF, the descriptions of the second level list items, aren't
> indented with respect to the releated <term> elements.  On the top
> level list, the descriptions are indented.

> Attached is a small test case, the resulting XSL:FO, and the PDF
> resulting from the XSL:FO, using the above toolchain.

The test case isn't attached, but included inline.  The XSL:FO and PDF
can be found from the parent article of this one.

Here's the test case:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE article
  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"; []>

<article>
  <title>descriptions in nested variable lists not indented</title>
  <articleinfo>
    <author>
      <firstname>Steinar</firstname>
      <surname>Bang</surname>
    </author>
  </articleinfo>

  <abstract>
    <para>This DocBook article shows the problems with variable list
formatted as blocks by the DocBook XSL style sheets.</para>
  </abstract>

  <section>
    <title>Holds a description list</title>

    <para>Here comes the top level variable list:</para>

    <variablelist>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="blocks"?>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><sgmltag class="element">a</sgmltag></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>This is the <sgmltag class="element">a</sgmltag>
element</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><sgmltag class="element">b</sgmltag></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>This is the <sgmltag class="element">b</sgmltag>
element.  It contains the following elements:</para>
	  <variablelist>
	    <?dbfo list-presentation="blocks"?>
	    <varlistentry>
	      <term><sgmltag class="element">c</sgmltag></term>
	      <listitem>
		<para>This is the <sgmltag class="element">c</sgmltag>
element</para>
	      </listitem>
	    </varlistentry>
	    <varlistentry>
	      <term><sgmltag class="element">2</sgmltag></term>
	      <listitem>
		<para>This is the <sgmltag class="element">d</sgmltag>
element</para>
	      </listitem>
	    </varlistentry>
	  </variablelist>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      <varlistentry>
	<term><sgmltag class="element">e</sgmltag></term>
	<listitem>
	  <para>This is the <sgmltag class="element">e</sgmltag>
element</para>
	</listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>Just another paragraph.  bla bla bla blab bla bla bla bla
sdfdsfs fsdfsdf sdfdsf sdf sdfdsf
</para>

  </section>

</article>


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