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Re: [docbook] How to format a check-list like output.
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>
- To: Philippe CHARLIER <p dot charlier at chello dot be>
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:49:01 -0800
- Subject: Re: [docbook] How to format a check-list like output.
- References: <1067276417.4224.12.camel@cable-62-205-72-29.upc.chello.be>
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 06:40:17PM +0100, Philippe CHARLIER wrote:
> Le lun 27/10/2003 à 05:23, waldron.Navix@canon.co.jp a écrit :
> > Try using "variablelist" for your checklist. If you know how to also
> write your
> > own XSL files for transformation, you can create some pretty good
> results to
> > satisfy your requirements.
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Dee
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seems good.
> In html, with some CSS tweaking the result is correct.
> In pdf (generated by fop 0.20.5, DTD 4.2, XSL stylesheet 1.60.1) I get 2
> columns.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ENG ANTI ICE If icing conditions description text blah blah
> ................... description text blah blah description text blah
> ................ AS blah description text blah blah description text
> RQRD blah blah
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I suppose that I need some XSL tweaking here ?
That's the normal presentation for variablelist.
Try adding this to your variablelist:
<?dbfo list-presentation="blocks"?>
That will format the "ENG .. RQRD" stuff in a separate
fo:block above the description rather than next to it.
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