Re: [docbook-apps] formatting for paragraphs with xsl stylesheets

I think normal.para.properties is a better name. normal.para.spacing seems misleading, since the attribute set can set all sorts of different properties. Would it be too much work to change this, or would it introduce incompatibilities? 

Thanks again

Paul

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Bob Stayton <> wrote:

Actually, the name of the attribute set is 
'normal.para.spacing', not normal.para.properties.  I used the correct name 
in the paragraph but not the example.  And indeed, it  does not appear 
in the index, an oversight I will correct in the next edition.

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


 

 

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

  
From: 
  Paul 
  Tremblay 

  

To: Bob Stayton 

  
Cc: DocBook Apps 

  
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:52 
AM

  
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] formatting 
  for paragraphs with xsl stylesheets

  

Thanks Bob,

When I look at this page:

http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/1.76.1/doc/fo/index.html

I 
  don't see the normal.para.properties attribute set at all. Is the 
  documentation not accurate? 

Paul

  
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Bob Stayton <> wrote:

  
    

    
Hi Paul,

    
I think the normal.para.spacing attribute-set was 
    originally for para, but has since been used for other purposes to give 
    uniform spacing for several similar elements. There should be a dedicated 
    attribute-set for para which has a use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing" 
    attribute so it can use those properties but provide an opportunity for 
    further customization for just para.

    
 

    
Looking at some of my previous 
    cusotmization, I have used the normal.para.properties attribute 
    set and add an xsl:choose to test for the para context, something like 
    this:

    
 

    
<xsl:attribute-set 
    name="normal.para.properties">

    
  <xsl:attribute 
    name="text-indent">

    
    <xsl:choose>

    
      <xsl:when 
    test="self::d:para">

    
          
    para value

    
      
    </xsl:when>

    
      
    </xsl:otherwise>

    
          
    non-para value

    
      
    </xsl:otherwise>

    
    </xsl:choose>

    
  </xsl:attribute>

    
</xsl:attribute-set>

    
 

    
Since attribute-sets of the same name are merged, you 
    will still get the spacing and add this property.

    
 

    
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


    

    

    
 

    
 

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

      
From: Paul Tremblay 

      
To: DocBook 
      Apps 

      
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 7:21 
      AM

      
Subject: [docbook-apps] formatting 
      for paragraphs with xsl stylesheets

      

It seems that the xsl stylesheets have a shortcoming for 
      formatting paragraphs. Whereas all other elements have an attribute set, 
      para does not. 

In order to set formatting properties, one has to 
      use the section.properties attribute set. But then titles inherit this 
      property as well. For example:

    
      <xsl:attribute-set 
      name="section.properties">
      
      <xsl:attribute 
      name="text-indent">12pt</attribute>
    
      </xsl:attribute-set name>

Ends up indenting the title as 
      well. In order to get around that, I have to set the text-indent on the 
      title properties to 0; that seems like a clumsy workaround. In addition, 
      the lack of formatting for paragraphs does not allow you to indent 
      paragraphs in certain situations. For example, some styles don't indent 
      the first paragraph after a title. 

The code below is my 
      workaround. Is there a better way? If not, I would consider submitting a 
      patch (in which case the code would be more sophisticated to handle more 
      complicated situations)

  
 <!--indent 
      first paragraph-->
    <xsl:template 
      match="d:para">
        
      <xsl:variable 
      name="keep.together">
            
      <xsl:call-template 
      name="pi.dbfo_keep-together"/>
        
      </xsl:variable>
        
      <fo:block 
      xsl:use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing">
            
      <xsl:if test="$keep.together != 
      ''">
                
      <xsl:attribute 
      name="keep-together.within-column">
                    
      <xsl:value-of 
      select="$keep.together"/>
                
      </xsl:attribute>
            
      </xsl:if>
            
      <xsl:if 
      test="preceding-sibling::d:para">
                
      <xsl:attribute 
      name="text-indent">
                    
      <xsl:value-of 
      select="$text-indent"/>
                
      </xsl:attribute>
            
      </xsl:if>
            
      <xsl:call-template 
      name="anchor"/>
            
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
        
      </fo:block>
    
      </xsl:template>

Paul