I'm using FOP. I've seen the online version on how to make this work with XEP.
Paul On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:36 AM, David Cramer <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Paul, > Bob Stayton's book provides a customization to add "Continued" labels > if you're using XEP as your fo renderer: > > > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TableTemplateCust.html#TableContinuedLabel > > David > > On 01/25/2012 07:24 AM, Paul Tremblay wrote: > > I have a question about the XSL stylesheets in docbook. For a long > > table, it is desirable to have the title repeated on every page, > > with the word "continued" after the first occurrence. Most FO > > processors don't implement the latest standards of FO, so we need > > some work around. I have used two in the past: > > > > 1. Include the label in a running header or footer. > > > > 2. Break the table into two table. Process the first table as > > normal. For the second table, create a header with title and the > > continued label. > > > > (1) requires that you create your own page sequences and call on > > them. Doing so is not difficult. The difficult part comes in > > calling the page sequences in the right order. For example, if you > > have a long table in the middle of a chapter, you would have to > > call the page sequence template, apply all the templates for the > > text before the long table, call the long table sequence, then call > > on the original sequence for the rest of the content. While this > > solution is possible, it does not lend itself to reuse, because you > > would have to do a lot of re-writing each time. > > > > (2) requires that you know how much of your table fits on one page > > before you write the rest of it. Though you cannot know the exact > > inches your text will take, you can make an educated guess and > > readjust the table after a few trial runs. Though (2) is far from > > perfect, at seems to provide less re-writing than (1) and lends > > itself for reuse. > > > > Any thoughts or hints before I launch into implementing (2)? > > > > Paul > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPIAVDAAoJEMHeSXG7afUhQ80IAI4UYnbKcDCfl6B4sci42n6D > PuUwx5M+oL2QbWoAXaXADEDvrQ5yGtIzretqAEuFvbnf59YNwu4Xnoab797FrHfy > MIAR7s1WCTJnowhzBd9gc82JDItrYfN1wqdAsa5vFkt06uSPBX591NOFzXNKAmBd > NVKjUPFPq6oy+yB3cHFzDeynt3LKDu6tJaEI7YzuhUSvMXKrrVW5oNbEpvuzWx9E > 1gd9m/Sn496ML3awslTY8H3c/YCbS9hH+sd7S5WRkdR31El7t8ErpWEYteCane81 > EISjuw+/FyAomx0nrq+CRhx2rvbL9Xd5+GiuIA5AmdMHgfOn8CDqjRa+yGieLBo= > =1Dre > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
