Re: [docbook-apps] add newline to generated text?

Hi Jason,

No, there is nothing you can put in the text 
attribute value that will generate a new line that shows up in your displayed 
output.  Inserting a 
 will insert a new line in the output file, 
but in neither HTML nor XSL-FO is such a line break character formatted as 
a line break.  Instead, it is treated as just a bit of white space to be 
collapsed into a single space when lines are laid out in the 
display.

 

If you want to do this for XSL-FO  output, my 
book has a section that describes a stylesheet customization to get the 
label (DocBook's term for the chapter number part) on a separate line from the 
title.  You can view it online for free at:

 

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TitleFontSizes.html#ChapterTitles

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


 

 

  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Jason 
  Zech 

  
To:  
  

  
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:50 
  PM

  
Subject: [docbook-apps] add newline to 
  generated text?

  

  

  
Hi all,

  
 

  
I am trying to customize the chapter title output. I?m 
  going from DB5 to single-file HTML (and later to epub) using the ns version of 
  1.76. 

  
 

  
I?ve got a customization working on the generated text of 
  the chapter title, but I?d like to generate a newline between the chapter 
  number and the chapter title. 

  
 

  
Here is the customization I have. 

  
 

  
  
  <xsl:param 
  name="local.l10n.xml" 
  select="document('')"/>
  
  <l:i18n 
  xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0">
    
  <l:l10n 
  language="en">
      
  <l:context 
  name="title-numbered">
        
  <l:template 
  name="chapter" 
  text="%n 
  %t"/>
      
  </l:context>
    
  </l:l10n>
  
  </l:i18n>

  
 

  
I need something between %n and %t but I?m beginning to 
  think I can?t use any of kind of newline here. Is it possible?

  
 

  
Thanks in advance.

  
 

  
Jz

  
 

  
 

  
Jason 
  Zech | 
  Project Manager, Digital Workflow | New Product Development 
[ph] 
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