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Hi,

I was wondering if there is any way to put headings and text on the same
line. I have sect3 headings followed by text which is on the next line in
my PDF output. I would like it to be all on the same line. I would also
like to do this with my variable lists.

Example:

*Section 3 Heading
*Paragraph that follows.

What I would like:

*Section 3 Heading.* Paragraph that follows.

I have been able to do a fair amount of modifications with parameters and my
customization stylesheet, but I can't seem to figure out this problem. In
the case of the variable lists, if I set the parameter <xsl:param
name="variablelist.as.blocks" select="1"></xsl:param> to 0 then I still have
the same problem because the definition block is separate from the term and
creates it's own indent.

Example:

*Term * The block that contains
the definition.

What I would like:

*Term.* The block that contains
the definition.

Two questions in one, but I feel like they have the same answer. Thanks for
the help!

Lillian Sullam

Lillian,

I ran into a similar problem a while back, and with some help from hte
list, came up with the solution described on this web page:

http://rlhamilton.net/cookbook/chapter3/inlinetitles.html

It's probably worth reading the following email message, which describes
a few caveats with this particular solution:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200512/msg00058.html

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Dick Hamilton

On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 10:03 -0700, Lillian Sullam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there is any way to put headings and text on the
> same line. I have sect3 headings followed by text which is on the
> next line in my PDF output. I would like it to be all on the same
> line. I would also like to do this with my variable lists.
>
> Example:
>
> Section 3 Heading
> Paragraph that follows.
>
> What I would like:
>
> Section 3 Heading. Paragraph that follows.
>
> I have been able to do a fair amount of modifications with parameters
> and my customization stylesheet, but I can't seem to figure out this
> problem. In the case of the variable lists, if I set the parameter
> <xsl:param name="variablelist.as.blocks" select="1"></xsl:param> to 0
> then I still have the same problem because the definition block is
> separate from the term and creates it's own indent.
>
> Example:
>
> Term The block that contains
> the definition.
>
> What I would like:
>
> Term. The block that contains
> the definition.
>
> Two questions in one, but I feel like they have the same answer.
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Lillian Sullam
>

If you are down at sect3 level, why not consider using formalpara
instead of sect3?  No use of course if you have a sect4 coming
up.  formalpara puts the heading on the same line as the
text.
e.g.
formalpara title /title para /para /formalpara para /para para
/para
formalpara title /title para /para /formalpara para /para para
/para
etc.


Hi,


I was wondering if there is any way to put headings and text on the
same line.  I have sect3 headings followed by text which is on
the next line in my PDF output.  I would like it to be all on the
same line.  I would also like to do this with my variable
lists.


Example:


Section 3 Heading

Paragraph that follows. 


What I would like:


Section 3 Heading.  Paragraph that follows.


I have been able to do a fair amount of modifications with parameters
and my customization stylesheet, but I can't seem to figure out this
problem.  In the case of the variable lists, if I set the
parameter <xsl:param name="variablelist.as.blocks"
select="1"></xsl:param> to 0 then I still have the
same problem because the definition block is separate from the term
and creates it's own indent.


Example:


Term     The block that contains

            
the definition.


What I would like:


Term.  The block that contains

the definition.


Two questions in one, but I feel like they have the same answer. 
Thanks for the help!


Lillian Sullam





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