Hi,
I'm not sure I completely understand the problem. When you say "the
“paragraph Texts” appear in the sidebar region", it sounds like you are
using the sidebars to set the margin for the body text. Rather, the
region-body in the page master should set the margin for the body text.
Then the sidebars can be placed in that area as floats and you don't have to
adjust the heights of the sidebars.
If you really must set the sidebar height, you'll need to duplicate the
mechanism that processes the <?dbfo sidebar-width?> processing instruction.
Some of that is in fo/block.xsl and some in fo/pi.xsl.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
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From: "Lily Galle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:37 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Sidebar height
Dear all,
I use XEP. My book is double-sided.
I use sidebar:
<?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
For example: “Motivation”, “Activity” and “Result” are the Text in
sidebars. I would like to have the following layout in the whole book:
Paragraph 1: about motivation. Motivation
Paragraph 2: about motivation.
Paragraph 3: about motivation
Paragraph 4: about activity. Activity
Paragraph 5: about activity.
Paragraph 6: about Result. Result
Paragraph 7: about Result.
The Problem is: Every sidebar should have different height. I have to
adjust every sidebar height to the height of the paragraphs. I do it with
<literallayout> </literallayout>. If the sidebar heights are not well
adjusted, then the “paragraph Texts” appear in the sidebar region and the
layout is no more pretty.
If the book has 200 pages, then I have to write many <literallayout>
</literallayout>.
I would like the following very much: the height of the sidebar can be
adjusted automatically to the height of the Paragraphs. How can I manage
this?
Help will be very much appreciated. Thanks!!
Lily
As Test you could use the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<book version="5.0" xml:lang="de" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; >
<title>The Big Book Title</title>
<chapter>
<title> Chapter 1 Title</title>
<sidebar>
<?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
<para>
first sidebar text. It begins with the first paragraph
</para>
</sidebar>
<para>Paragraph one. Here is the main text. They should positioned
beside the first sidebar.
They should not intruded in the sidebar region.
</para>
<para>Paragraph two. Here is the another main text. These main text
should not intruded in the sidebar region.
These main text should not intruded in the sidebar region.
But they did.
</para>
<para>Paragraph three. One main text again. They should not indrude
in the sidebar region.
But they intrude in the sidebar region. It is not good.
</para>
<sidebar>
<?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
<para>
second sidebar text. It should apear when the 4th paragraph
begins.
</para>
<literallayout>
</literallayout>
</sidebar>
<para>Paragraph 4. Here is the 4th paragraph. Here is the main
text. They should positioned beside the second sidebar. Here is the main
text. They should positioned beside the second sidebar.
</para>
<para>Paragraph 5. Here is another main text. These main text do
not intrude in the sidebar region because the
TAG literallayout is used in the second sidebar.
</para>
<para>Paragraph 6. Here is another main text again. This is a big
paragraph. A big paragraph. A big paragraph.
A big paragraph. A big paragraph. A big paragraph. A big
paragraph.
They intrude in sidebar region. The height of the second
sidebar is not high enough. Not high enough.
The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high
enough. They intrude in sidebar region.
The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high
enough.
The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high
enough.
</para>
<sidebar>
<?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
<para>
third sidebar text. it begins when the 7th paragraph
begins.
</para>
</sidebar>
<para>Paragraph 7. Here is the main text. They should positioned
beside the second sidebar.
Here is the main text. They should positioned beside the second
sidebar.
</para>
</chapter>
</book>
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