Thanks for the quick reply. I see I had taken dbfo PIs to be more general than they are.
Here is a better example of my problem, taken directly from Stayton. <sidebar> <title>Sidebar example</title> <?dbfo sidebar-width="2.5in" ?> <para>A sidebar can be used to emphasise…</para> </sidebar> With or without the dbfo PI, the width of the sidebar remains 1in, as set by the sidebar.float.width parameter. Best Stephen 2008/8/22 Mauritz Jeanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Taylor > > > > I can't see any evidence - in the appearance of my PDFs or in > > the intermediate FO files - that my dbfo PIs are being processed. > > > > For example, my understanding of the following (adapted from > > Stayton, DocBook XSL, 3rd edn 2005, p274) > > > > <para>Now is the time for all good men</para> > > > > <para><?dbfo background-color="#FFCCCC"?>to come to the aid > > of the party</para> > > > > is that the former para's background colour will be inherited > > and the latter's will be pink. > > > > Is there some way in which I might have disabled the > > processing of PIs? > > > The background-color PI applies to graphics only. > > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/BGcolor.html > > http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/pi/dbfo_background-co > lor.html<http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/pi/dbfo_background-color.html> > > Mauritz > > >
