Re: [docbook-apps] colwidth = ? how to specify for FOP output?
Hi Robert Here is what works for me. informaltable frame=all tgroup cols=3 colspec colname=c1 colwidth=1*+1pc/ colspec colname=c2 colwidth=2*+1pc/ colspec colname=c3 colwidth=2*+1pc/ . . . . /informaltable If you want the table to show up in the TOC or list of Tables use table. Cheers Paul On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Robert Nagle idiotprogram...@gmail.com wrote: I'm delivering a doc for a client that has a lot of tables. Output will be primarily PDF. Although I use XEP with Oxygen to output the PDF, my client wants to use only open source tools to generate their PDF. (ie. apache-fop). The client would also like HTML output -- it's less critical but nice-to-have. I'm somewhat new to CALS tables, so I've been learning about how to do borders and to set column width. IN the description of colspec, ( http://docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/colspec.html), I see no description of values for this. But Oxygen's table wizard and Bob's example ( http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Borders.html ) uses colwidth=1.0* . I have no idea what that means. Can someone explain? In particular, what does that asterisk mean? When colwidth=1.0*, the default CALS table appears to be making every column of equal width, which is not particularly good for me. If I remove all the colwidth attributes, then the PDF defaults to everything having the same width. For CALS tables, do I need to specify column width in cm or inches? My main reason for going for CALS over HTML tables is that I can't get HTML tables to put borders anywhere on the PDF output. (Can anyone confirm this?) On the other hand, if I use CALS tables, what happens to the HTML output? (Does it just make the width dynamic?) Finally, if I assume that colwidth has some auto-size feature (probably not?), what kind of support can I expect from Apache-FOP? Thanks. -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info
Re: [docbook-apps] colwidth = ? how to specify for FOP output?
Here is the description of CALS table column widths: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ColumnWidths.html The * means proportional. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net On 7/9/2014 5:59 AM, Robert Nagle wrote: I'm delivering a doc for a client that has a lot of tables. Output will be primarily PDF. Although I use XEP with Oxygen to output the PDF, my client wants to use only open source tools to generate their PDF. (ie. apache-fop). The client would also like HTML output -- it's less critical but nice-to-have. I'm somewhat new to CALS tables, so I've been learning about how to do borders and to set column width. IN the description of colspec, (http://docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/colspec.html), I see no description of values for this. But Oxygen's table wizard and Bob's example ( http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Borders.html ) uses colwidth=1.0* . I have no idea what that means. Can someone explain? In particular, what does that asterisk mean? When colwidth=1.0*, the default CALS table appears to be making every column of equal width, which is not particularly good for me. If I remove all the colwidth attributes, then the PDF defaults to everything having the same width. For CALS tables, do I need to specify column width in cm or inches? My main reason for going for CALS over HTML tables is that I can't get HTML tables to put borders anywhere on the PDF output. (Can anyone confirm this?) On the other hand, if I use CALS tables, what happens to the HTML output? (Does it just make the width dynamic?) Finally, if I assume that colwidth has some auto-size feature (probably not?), what kind of support can I expect from Apache-FOP? Thanks. -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info - To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-apps-unsubscr...@lists.oasis-open.org For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-apps-h...@lists.oasis-open.org
Re: [docbook-apps] colwidth = ? how to specify for FOP output?
Thanks. I must have missed that page. That explained everything! Robert On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Bob Stayton b...@sagehill.net wrote: Here is the description of CALS table column widths: http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ColumnWidths.html The * means proportional. Bob Stayton Sagehill Enterprises b...@sagehill.net On 7/9/2014 5:59 AM, Robert Nagle wrote: I'm delivering a doc for a client that has a lot of tables. Output will be primarily PDF. Although I use XEP with Oxygen to output the PDF, my client wants to use only open source tools to generate their PDF. (ie. apache-fop). The client would also like HTML output -- it's less critical but nice-to-have. I'm somewhat new to CALS tables, so I've been learning about how to do borders and to set column width. IN the description of colspec, (http://docbook.org/tdg51/en/html/colspec.html), I see no description of values for this. But Oxygen's table wizard and Bob's example ( http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Borders.html ) uses colwidth=1.0* . I have no idea what that means. Can someone explain? In particular, what does that asterisk mean? When colwidth=1.0*, the default CALS table appears to be making every column of equal width, which is not particularly good for me. If I remove all the colwidth attributes, then the PDF defaults to everything having the same width. For CALS tables, do I need to specify column width in cm or inches? My main reason for going for CALS over HTML tables is that I can't get HTML tables to put borders anywhere on the PDF output. (Can anyone confirm this?) On the other hand, if I use CALS tables, what happens to the HTML output? (Does it just make the width dynamic?) Finally, if I assume that colwidth has some auto-size feature (probably not?), what kind of support can I expect from Apache-FOP? Thanks. -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info -- Robert Nagle 6121 Winsome Ln #56C, Houston TX 77057-5581 (H) 713 893 3424/ (W) 832-251-7522 Carbon Neutral Since Jan 2010 http://www.robertnagle.info
