All, Wouldn't this be a real useful option in the var'lists? I know that in my own conversions I needed to list in this manner but the only structure that would look right is bold/underline the first term in the paragraph -which is wrong on many levels. So if you go with a structure that is more sensible (var'lists) then you have to "settle" for a significant space waste.
Wouldn't this option be a great addition to stock DocBook variable lists? If so, can file a bug report. If there is a better way to do it - I'd like to know! Dean Nelson In a message dated 02/10/10 06:40:09 Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Ok, in that case you could adapt the formalpara/title template and use it in processing your variablelists :-) It's certainly possible to do that in your customization layer. The fact that the structure of a varlistentry and a formalpara is slightly different won't stop you and it would be a reasonble customization to use for learning a little xslt (i.e. neither impossibly hard nor so simple that you wouldn't learn anything). David From: Laurie Burley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:14 AM To: David Cramer; [email protected] Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] variablelist styles 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... L 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 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 [email protected] This communication is only for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this communication in error, please notify the sender via phone and destroy this communication immediately.
