Well, I looked at your URL and they all look the same to my browsers: IE 5.5 on Win98 and Netscape 4.72 on Linux. They all have no space between items. Strange. What version of IE are you using?
Removing the <p> tags is probably the most reliable method, but doing that with the XSL stylesheets could be tricky. bobs On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:43:10PM -0500, Stephen Bannasch wrote: > Bob, > > I tested your html in IE and Mozilla and it didn't seem to work. > > I think the html should probably look like this: > > <div class="orderedlist"> > <ol type="1" compact> > <li>item 1</li> > <li>item 2</li> > <li>item 3</li> > </ol> > </div> > > I put up the html for four orderedlists here: > > http://concord.org/~stephen/orderedlist.html > > The first one uses your method, the second is the one above, the third is the same >without the compact attribute, the fourth is what is produced by the docbook >stylesheets except that I have removed the trailing </p>. That doesn't seem to help. > > At 10:40 AM -0800 3/21/02, Bob Stayton wrote: > >On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 12:04:22PM -0500, Stephen Bannasch wrote: > >> My ordered lists have extra space between lines. > >> > >> The problem below happens in both html and in fo->fop->pdf. > >> > >> using docbook-xsl-1.50.0 (and older versions) > >> > >> <orderedlist numeration="arabic" spacing="compact"> > >> <listitem><para>item 1</para></listitem> > >> <listitem><para>item 2</para></listitem> > >> <listitem><para>item 3</para></listitem> > >> </orderedlist> > >> > >> produces html like this: > >> > >> <div class="orderedlist"> > >> <ol type="1" compact=""> > >> <li> > >> <p>item 1</p> > >> </li> > >> <li> > >> <p>item 2</p> > >> </li> > >> <li> > >> <p>item 3</p> > >> </li> > >> </ol> > >> </div> > >> > >> Which produces output like this: > >> > >> 1. item 1 > >> > >> 2. item 2 > >> > >> 3. item 3 > >> > >> There are two problems. The obvious one is the <p> > >> wrapped around the list content produces an extra blank > >> line between list items. The result is the same with the > >> orderedlist spacing set to normal. > >> > >> The content in the docbook listitem needs to be wrapped > >> in something since the listitem can't be PCDATA. Is there > >> something else I can wrap my docbook items in that won't > >> produce the extra spacing produced with <para>? > >> > >> Also according to the html4.0 spec the attribute compact > >> should be rendered as either: [compact] or > >> [compact="compact"]. However they warn that many browsers > >> only interpret the simpler form. > > > >For HTML output, > >I've never found the 'compact' list option to be > >reliably supported in the browsers. > > > >I have some clues, but not a complete answer. > >The problem is actually with the closing </p> at > >the end of each list item. If you remove that, the > >space disappears. Apparently the browsers figure > >if you have a closing </p> then you intended space. > >But that's not an option using the XSL stylesheets. > > > >A margin style seems to work as well, by assigning a > >class="compact" to those paras inside such lists: > > > ><html> > ><head> > ><style type="text/css"> > > p.compact {margin-bottom: 0;} > ></style> > ></head> > >... > > <div class="orderedlist"> > > <ol type="1" compact=""> > > <li> > > <p class="compact">item 1</p> > > </li> > > <li> > > <p class="compact">item 2</p> > > </li> > > <li> > > <p class="compact">item 3</p> > > </li> > > </ol> > > </div> > > > >You'll have to customize the stylesheet to get > >that class attribute added to para's inside lists > >with spacing="compact". > > > >Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street > >Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > >Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 > >Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > -s -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 Caldera International, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
