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  • 1.  Re: [docbook-apps] Proportional colwidth in table (FOP 0.20.5)

    Posted 12-21-2006 05:03
    Try setting tablecolumns.extension to zero. It seems to do more harm than
    good in FOP.

    Bob Stayton
    Sagehill Enterprises
    DocBook Consulting
    bobs@sagehill.net


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sean Wheller" <sean@inwords.co.za>
    To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:51 PM
    Subject: [docbook-apps] Proportional colwidth in table (FOP 0.20.5)


    > Hi,
    >
    > I would like to use proportional colwidths in tables but cannot get them
    > to
    > work.
    >
    > I setup the extensions:
    > <xsl:param name="use.extensions" select="1"/>
    > <xsl:param name="saxon.extensions" select="1"/>
    > <xsl:param name="tablecolumns.extension" select="1"/>
    > <xsl:param name="fop.extensions" select="1"/>
    >
    > And saxon653 extension is in the classpath.
    >
    > Also in custom layer I set
    > * default.table.width param to values '100%' and 'fixed'
    >
    > In the document I have tried setting:
    > * @width on table to 100%
    > * @pgwide on table to 1
    >
    > tgroup is as follows:
    >
    > <tgroup cols="2">
    > <colspec colnum="1" colwidth="1*" />
    > <colspec colnum="2" colwidth="4*" />
    >
    > The result is always a table of 100% width and colwidths of equal
    > proportion.
    >
    > This post back in 2003 may give a hint to the problem, but I was unable
    > to
    > reproduce the result on table
    >
    > http://sourceware.org/ml/docbook-apps/2003-q3/msg00708.html
    >
    > When I use CALS measures the table cols are adjusted as required.
    >
    > fop.log fives me a number of
    > [WARNING] Zero-width table column!
    >
    > Looking at the fo file the table starts
    > <fo:table border-before-width.conditionality="retain"
    > .... table-layout="fixed" width="100%">
    > <fo:table-column column-number="1" column-width="20%"/>
    > <fo:table-column column-number="2" column-width="80%"/>
    >
    > Which should result in the desired col adjustments, but does not.
    >
    > Any help appreciated.
    >
    > --
    >
    > Sean Wheller
    > Technical Author
    > sean@inwords.co.za
    > +27-84-854-9408
    > http://www.inwords.co.za
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  • 2.  Re: [docbook-apps] Proportional colwidth in table (FOP 0.20.5)

    Posted 12-21-2006 12:54
    On Thursday 21 December 2006 07:03, Bob Stayton wrote:
    > Try setting tablecolumns.extension to zero.  It seems to do more harm than
    > good in FOP.

    Nope. No good either. Why can't FOP just impliment this like XEP. :-)
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    Sean Wheller
    Technical Author
    sean@inwords.co.za
    +27-84-854-9408
    http://www.inwords.co.za