OK, thanks for your help.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mauritz Jeanson [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:42 AM
> To: Cavicchio, Rob;
> Subject: RE: [docbook] "colspec" colwidth attribute: % allowed?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> >
> > The documentation for the "colspec" element states that the
> > value of the "colwidth" attribute "can be either a fixed
> > measure using one of the CALS units (36pt, 10pc, etc.) or a
> > proportional measure. Proportional measures have the form
> > 'number*', meaning this column should be number times wider
> > than a column with the measure '1*' (or just '*')."
> >
> > Are straight percentages like "33%" or "50%" allowed?
>
>
> It seems like percentages are not allowed. They are not
> mentioned in the
> CALS table specification:
>
> COLWIDTH: Either proportional measure of the form number*,
> i.e., "5*" for 5
> times the proportion, or "*" (which is equivalent to "1*");
> fixed measure,
> i.e., 2pt for 2 point, 3pi for 3 pica; or mixed measure, i.e., 2*+3pt.
> Coefficients are positive integers or fixed point numbers.
> (http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/a502.htm)
>
> /MJ
>
>
>
