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Re: [docbook-apps] how put narrow non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks

  • 1.  Re: [docbook-apps] how put narrow non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks

    Posted 11-10-2011 17:43
    Hi,
    I don't think this is a Docbook 5 issue, but an issue with the XSL-FO processor. You might take a peek inside the generated .fo file to see if your narrow space character is there. If so, then the XSL stylesheet is working and the XSL-FO processor is not handling it. What XSL-FO processor are you using? The FOP processor included with Oxygen?

    There are a lot of space characters in Unicode (see http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SpecialChars.html#SpecialSpaces), and not all XSL-FO processors handle all of them. It may be that some processors expect to find the character in the current font.

    Bob Stayton
    Sagehill Enterprises
    bobs@sagehill.net


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: D-BookeR
    To: Camille Bégnis
    Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
    Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:16 AM
    Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] how put narrow non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks


    Thanks!
    Do you know whether I can get a narrower one ?
    The *narrow* non-breaking space (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202f/index.htm) seems not to work with docbook5.


    patricia


    2011/11/10 Camille Bégnis <camille@neodoc.biz>

    Hello,

    I don't know if oXygen provides a shortcut, but in DocBook 5 you have to
    insert the unicode character for non breaking space, that is   in
    the XML code.

    HTH,

    Camille.


    On 10/11/2011 16:25, D-BookeR wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I am using docbook 5 for publication in French, so I need to place the
    > usual narrow non-breaking space before strong punctuation like colon,
    > semi colon, exclamation and question marks.
    > How to proceed ?
    > Should I introduce them from the start, in the docbook manuscript ?
    > Then how?
    > Or can we do it automatically with the xslt ? Is there any parameter
    > for that ?
    >
    > [I am editing with Oxygen]
    >
    > Thanks for your help,
    > Patricia