Currently using the XSLT stylesheets 1.44 for Docbook the titles for all formal
objects -- i.e. figures and examples -- are placed above the formal object. This is
common practice for examples but not for figures. In most technical books the title
goes below the figure. I know the caption goes below the figure currently, but the
caption doesn't include the figure number so that's not what I really want.
The relevant templates for formal objects are these:
<xsl:template match="figure|example">
<xsl:call-template name="formal.object"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="formal.object">
<xsl:variable name="id">
<xsl:call-template name="object.id"/>
</xsl:variable>
<fo:block id="{$id}"
xsl:use-attribute-sets="formal.object.properties">
<xsl:call-template name="formal.object.heading"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
Fixing this to do what I want seemed obvious, just override these templates in my
driver stylesheet and flip the order of header and body for graphics; e.g.:
<xsl:template match="figure">
<xsl:variable name="id">
<xsl:call-template name="object.id"/>
</xsl:variable>
<fo:block id="{$id}"
xsl:use-attribute-sets="formal.object.properties">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
<xsl:call-template name="formal.object.heading"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
However, it appears that the templates that get applied for the body of a figure
depend on variables set by <xsl:call-template name="formal.object.heading"/> so I
can't just flip the order. I tried to follow the logic of the various calls here to
reproduce, but it's complicated and I got lost. :-(
The immediate question is whether anyone has a quick way to get my title s below my
graphics instead of above.
The longer term question is whether this should be the default position for graphic
titles?
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