Hi Erik,
Your request was a little confusing in that you said you wanted it rendered
as a "list", but set the parameter to render it as "blocks". Your
parenthetical statement indicated that you wanted it as "blocks", though.
This is a case where the stylesheets don't provide much flexibility. The
template that formats a listitem in "blocks" mode looks like this:
<xsl:template match="varlistentry" mode="vl.as.blocks">
<xsl:variable name="id"><xsl:call-template
name="object.id"/></xsl:variable>
<fo:block id="{$id}" xsl:use-attribute-sets="list.item.spacing"
keep-together.within-column="always"
keep-with-next.within-column="always">
<xsl:apply-templates select="term"/>
</fo:block>
<fo:block margin-left="0.25in">
<xsl:apply-templates select="listitem"/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
As you can see, the margin-left property is hardcoded in the stylesheet.
Fortunately, this template is very short, so you can copy it to a
customization layer and change that value.
If you were using "list" format (side by side), then there is a processing
instruction that can adjust the indent width.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Leunissen" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:33 PM
Subject: [docbook-apps] How to adjust listitem indentation for
variablelists?
> Hello all,
>
> I'm looking for a way to adjust the amount of indentation of the
> listitems of a varlistentry. The variablelist is being rendered as a
> list (i.e. the term preceding the listitem in the print output), using
> the FO parameter:
>
> <xsl:param name="variablelist.as.blocks">1</xsl:param>
>
>
> Is what I want possible? If so, I'd very much appreciate a direction.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Erik Leunissen.
>
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