Hi Brendan,
For the filename element, you could try a
customization like this:
<xsl:template
match="d:filename">
<fo:inline
keep-together.within-line="always">
<xsl:apply-imports/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:template>
(Omit the d: in the match attribute if you are
using DocBook 4.)
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
----- Original Message -----
From:
Brendan DeTracey
To:
Cc:
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 6:00
AM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html element
customization - line breaks
I suppose I will manually backslash and
linebreak for both html and pdf. I now see that others have had to
do this (Appendix A ,example A-7 from Advanced Bash Scripting at Linux
Documentation Project. Manual backslash in both html and pdf
versions.)
Now if only I could stop pdf from line-breaking
filename elements. Any help with this?
Thanks,
Brendan
----- Original Message -----
From:
Bob Plantz
To: Brendan DeTracey
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 10:00
PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html element
customization - line breaks
On 3/18/2012 4:14 PM, Brendan DeTracey wrote:
Hello,
I have been using the computeroutput element,
but have a problem with line breaks in pdf when my line is too long. In
html the user can resize the window to fit the entire line of text but pdf
breaks the line clumsily. How do other authors deal with this
issue?
Thanks,
Brendan
That's the
difference between pdf and html. With pdf you specify the presentation
formats on the page. With html the reading device has a lot of control over
the presentation in the window. Even the user has some control over an html
presentation, but not with pdf.
My solution? I'm currently working on
converting my textbook from LaTeX (to produce pdf) to ePub (html under the
hood). The tools for the conversion are primitive, at best. Since it's a
technical book (assembly language programming, etc.), I'm having to
eliminate a lot of the nice formatting that LaTeX allows on the printed
page. But students these days prefer electronic reading, even if it means
dealing with the problems of pdf on portable
devices.
--Bob
