Hello, I've some docbook XML code that, once tranformed in FO, hangs FOP while it tries to produce a PDF output. After investigation, it seems that it is because the length of the "un-breakable" part of the <term> tag is too long: <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Context = "java.naming.factory.initial"</term> <listitem> <para>some texte</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <variablelist> will fail whereas repleacing some "." with spaces will work!! : <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Context = "java.naming factory initial"</term> <listitem> <para>some texte</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <variablelist> Produced FO looks like: <fo:list-block space-before.optimum="1em" space-before.minimum="0.8em" space-before.maximum="1.2em" provisional-label-separation="0.25in" provisional-distance-between-starts="1in" id="N1467"> <fo:list-item space-before.optimum="1em" space-before.minimum="0.8em" space-before.maximum="1.2em" id="N1469"> <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()"> <fo:block> <fo:inline>Context = "java.naming.factory.initial"</fo:inline> </fo:block> </fo:list-item-label> <fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()"> <fo:block>blabla</fo:block> </fo:list-item-body> </fo:list-item> </fo:list-block> (read from buffer file) Any hint? Cheers, Sacha --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]