All,
This is an interesting discussion. Wouldn't it be great if, in addition to
the 'continues' attribute, one could also remove all ambiguity in this
feature by also adding an ID of the list that is meant to continue? That way
an author can be very deliberate about which list they are continuing.
such as....
<orderedlist id="firstList'>
<listitem><para>First Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Second Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Third Item</para>
<orderedlist id="firstSubList">
<listitem><para>Nested First Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nested Second Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nested Third Item</para>
<listitem><para>Nested Fourth Item</para>
<listitem><para>Nested Fifth Item</para>
</orderedlist>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<orderedlist continuation='continues' linkend='firstSubList'>
<listitem><para>Nested Sixth Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nested Seventh Item Item</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<orderedlist continuation='continues' linkend='firstList'>
<listitem><para>Fourth Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fifth Item</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
Resulting in the following..
1. First Item
2. Second Item
3. Third Item
a. Nested First Item
b. Nested Second Item
c. Nested Third Item
d. Nested Fourth Item
e. Nested Fifth Item
e. Nested Sixth Item
e. Nested Seventh Item
6. Fourth Item
7. Fifth Item
Or maybe this already exists?
Regards,
Dean Nelson
In a message dated 6/10/2011 8:58:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Well, I'm not sure what might be intended by an author in the situation
you describe. What do you think should happen?
The main problem that I saw was that continuation from a list at a
different level was producing incorrect numbering, in that the count was taken
from one list level and the format from another.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
----- Original Message -----
From: _Howard Perrin_ (mailto:[email protected])
To: _Bob Stayton_ (mailto:[email protected])
Cc: [email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 4:46 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] OrderedList and 'continuation' attribute
Bob,
Thanks very much for your help. That seems to fix the problem - I've
raised a bug on sourceforge as requested
(_https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3314663&group_id=21935&atid=373747_
(https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3314663&group_id=21935&atid=373747)
).
I've noticed though with your fix that if 'continuation=continues' is used
on a nested ordered list, and there is not another ordered list at the
same level as the current one, but there is a nested list at the same level in
a previous ordered list, then the numbering from that is picked up. This,
to my mind, is not really desired behaviour - what do you think? (I hope
that makes sense, if not I'll send through an example!)
Howard
On 9 June 2011 16:55, Bob Stayton <[email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) > wrote:
Hi Howard,
I think that is a bug, since the results are simply wrong. The numbering
should continue from the same list nesting level, in my opinion. Could you
please file a bug report on the DocBook SourceForge site for this?
To fix it, take a look at the template named
'output-orderedlist-starting-number' in common/common.xsl. In there you will
see in the "otherwise"
case that:
<xsl:variable name="prevlist" select="$list/preceding::orderedlist[1]"/>
This selects the previous list regardless of level, which in your instance
is the nested list. I think this selection should be of the preceding
list with the same number of orderedlist ancestors, something like this
[untested]:
<xsl:variable name="prevlist"
select="$list/preceding::orderedlist[count($list/ancestor::orderedlist) =
count(ancestor::orderedlist)][1]"/>
If DocBook 5, don't forget to add the namespace prefix.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])
----- Original Message -----
From: _Howard Perrin_ (mailto:[email protected])
To: [email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected])
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 1:50 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] OrderedList and 'continuation' attribute
Hi,
I'm having a problem with the 'continuation' attribute on <orderedlist>
elements. When I set it to 'continues' and the list follows a nested list,
the numbering is started from the nested list rather than the outer list. For
example, if I have:
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>First Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Second Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Third Item</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Nested First Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nested Second Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Nested Third Item</para>
<listitem><para>Nested Fourth Item</para>
<listitem><para>Nested Fifth Item</para>
</orderedlist>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<orderedlist continuation='continues'>
<listitem><para>Fourth Item</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fifth Item</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
When transformed using the docbook XSL via FO to PDF the output looks like:
1. First Item
2. Second Item
3. Third Item
a. Nested First Item
b. Nested Second Item
c. Nested Third Item
d. Nested Fourth Item
e. Nested Fifth Item
6. Fourth Item
7. Fifth Item
Maybe this is intended behaviour - but I want to have 6 & 7 actually
numbered 4 & 5 so that they continue the numbering from the list at the same
level. Does anyone know if/how I can add something to my customisation layer
to change the behaviour here?
Thanks!
Howard
