docbook-apps

Hi all (especially Bob)

I have a problem centering a table on a page of FO-->PDF output using
XEP 4.18 (Saxon 6.5.5 and latest Docbook 5 NS style sheet)

With no customization this table gives the expected result - see
attached file not_centered.jpg

version="5.0" xml:lang="EN">
<info></info>
<sect1 xml:id="SECT1" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"></sect1>
version="5.0" xml:lang="EN">
<info></info>
<sect2 xml:id="SECT2" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"></sect2>
version="5.0" xml:lang="EN">
<info></info>


<info></info>

<tgroup align="center" cols="4" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
<colspec colname="cl" colwidth="0.5*"></colspec>
<colspec colname="c2" colwidth="1.0*"></colspec>
<colspec colname="c3" colwidth="1.5*"></colspec>
<colspec colname="c4" colwidth="2.0*"></colspec>
<spanspec align="center" nameend="c4" namest="c1"></spanspec>
spanname="hspan"/>
<row valign="middle"><entry spanname="hspan"></entry>
align="center">HEAD</row>
<row valign="middle"><entry spanname="hspan"></entry>
align="center">FOOT</row>

<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">1</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">a<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>
<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">2</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">b<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>
<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">3</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">c<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>
<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">4</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">d<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>
<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">5</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">e<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>
<row valign="middle">
<entry align="center">6</entry><entry></entry>
align="center">f<entry align="center">0</entry>
<entry align="center">0</entry>
</row>

</tgroup>





Customizing using the recipe from Stayton p.474 and XEP4.18 the table is
off center and its width drastically reduced - see attached file
centered.jpg

<xsl:template name="table.layout">
<xsl:param name="table.content"></xsl:param>
<fo:table width="100%">
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"></fo:table-column>
<fo:table-column></fo:table-column>
<fo:table-column column-width="proportional-column-width(1)"></fo:table-column>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row>
<fo:table-cell></fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell>
<fo:table>
<fo:table-body start-indent="0pt">
<fo:table-row><fo:table-cell><fo:block>
<xsl:copy-of select="$table.content"></xsl:copy-of>
</fo:block></fo:table-cell></fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</fo:table-cell>
<fo:table-cell></fo:table-cell>
</fo:table-row>
</fo:table-body>
</fo:table>
</xsl:template>

If I set the colwidths to 0.5cm instead of 0.5* etc the table is
centered correctly. It appears that the proportional widths from FO and
CALS are interfering with each other.

Does anyone know a way around this problem?

Ron
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Ron Catterall Ph.D. D.Sc.
ron@catterall.net
http://catterall.net