Thanks David..

 I've already looked at that.. I was just hoping that the variablelist could be 
modified as the formalpara option would require us to change all our 
variablelists to formal paragraphs.

I suppose we'll need to revisit our use of variablelists... :(

Regards,

Laurie.

From: David Cramer [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 10 February 2010 14:08
To: Laurie Burley; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] variablelist styles

I think you really want a list of formalparas but without bullets.

<itemizedlist mark="none">
<listitem><formalpara><title>Term</title><para>Definition of term 
here.</para></formalpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

Note that you don't need to add a period in the title. The xsls add it for you. 
However, if you add a .!? or : the xsls don't add a period. This behavior is 
controlled by the xsl params:

<xsl:param name="runinhead.default.title.end.punct" select="'.'"/>
<xsl:param name="runinhead.title.end.punct" select="'.!?:'"/>

David
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From: Laurie Burley [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [docbook-apps] variablelist styles
Hi,

I've been playing around with the variablelist styles to try and figure out if 
there is a way to make the variablelist term and listitem definition appear on 
the same line, but as if they run together.

I don't like the default vl.as.list style because we have several long terms 
and I don't like the wrap behaviour of the list-item-label which is independent 
to the list-item-body wrap behaviour.

Currently I have the following behaviour using the list style:

Term.                    Definition for the term here.
Next Term.         Definition for next term here.
Third Term          Definition for third term here.
with a really
long title.

What I would like is:

Term.  Definition for the term here.
Next Term.  Definition for next term here.
Third Term with a really long title.  Definition for the third term here.

I am relatively new to XSL, so there is a lot about the way things nest that I 
don't understand yet. What I want may not be possible because of the listitem 
element, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. Has anyone managed to create 
the behaviour I would like above?

Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Laurie.

Laurie Burley
Sr. Tech Comm Spc.
Kofax U.K., Ltd.

201 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road, Cambridge
CB4 0GZ
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 226021
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