I could do so if I knew how the size of a non breaking space is calculated.
cheers, olli 2007/1/7, Manuel Mall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Monday 08 January 2007 02:21, Oliver Müller wrote: > Maybe I don't got any other solution because I'm quite new to XSL-FO > ... I would really love to use text-indent, but in my case I don't > see a chance to do so. > This is due to the fact that text-indent only works with fo:block. > > my XML doc looks like.. > > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit > <absatz /> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit > <absatz /> > Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit > > there shall be a linebreak and text-indent after every occur of > <absatz />. I found no possibility to apply a new fo:block to all of > the text before and after > <absatz />. > Thats why I'm using <fo:block /><fo:inline > font-size="10pt"> </fo:inline> to get my linebreak and indent. > > If any of you got a better idea I would love to hear it. > Olli, while I am sure there are XSLT solutions which would allow to generate a block per <absatz /> why don't you simply use one or more non breaking spaces ( )? Manuel > Olli > > 2007/1/7, Abel Braaksma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Oliver Müller wrote: > > > the problem only appears when it's the first element of a new > > > line. I tried 2 different methods to get the effect and both fail > > > with fop. > > > > > > <fo:inline space-start="10pt"></fo:inline> > > > <fo:inline font-size="10pt"> </fo:inline> > > > > > > Note that this works in Antenna House XSLFormatter. > > > > > > I need this for my workaround for line indenting, because I want > > > to indent lines after a xml node called <absatz />. > > > > I can hardly believe you need a workaround for spacing text, the > > last time I saw that it was really needed was in the HTML 2.0 time, > > where tables were not yet a part of the standard. However, if you > > must use spaces and cannot use text-indent or the like, consider a > > workaround with either: > > > > ‌ -- Zero Width Non-Joiner > > ‍ -- Zero Width Joiner > > ‎ -- Left-To-Right-Mark > > ‏ -- Right-To-Left-Mark > > > > For example, you could try this: > > > > EM SPACE -- ZWJ -- HAIR SPACE > > > > But if that is still truncated down to nothing (as spaces appear to > > be stripped), you can try holding it into two characters that are > > not spaces, like this: > > > > LRM -- EM SPACE -- LRM > > > > (or if your text is supposed to be right-to-left, replace that with > > RLM) (look here for possible candidates that are better suited than > > a character that actually has a function: > > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/Cf/list.htm) > > > > But, these seem to me like terrible workarounds: not all fonts > > support them, you should, in any case, use an indentation method or > > try to apply one, and spacing characters are not defined to be of > > equal width amongst fonts, leaving you with unequal indentation > > when you try to apply this techniques with other fonts. > > > > Cheers, > > -- Abel Braaksma > > http://www.nuntia.nl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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