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Re: [docbook-apps] question about <variablelist> and <term>
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>
- To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- Cc: docbook apps list <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 01:59:44 -0700
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] question about <variablelist> and <term>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0305140811490.5011-100000@dell>
On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:15:58AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> given a <variablelist> set of <term>s of the form:
>
> <term><filename>/bin</filename></term>
> <term><filename>/sbin</filename></term>
> <term><filename>/lib</filename></term>
>
> it's kind of disconcerting that the rendering with xsltproc
> allows a single filename to be split at the "/". what i'm
> getting printed via FOP into PDF is:
>
> /bin,/sbin,/
> lib
>
> is it part of the specs that a single, contiguous <term> be allowed
> to be split like that?
The automatic setting for the width of terms (the
indent of variablelist listitems) is based on the
maximum width of the term elements in a variablelist.
In this case, each term is small, so the automatic width is
small, leading to a small indent and the odd line break.
You might try setting the term width for this list. See:
http://www.sagehill.net/xml/docbookxsl/PrintOutput.html#ListIndents
On the other hand, I would rather see multiple term items
be stacked rather than printed as a comma-separated list.
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