Re: [docbook] pdf/html element customization - line breaks

Ah. I placed it into my document custom-cfg 
common.xsl instead of fo.xsl .  So much to 
learn, so little time. Thanks for taking the time to answer this beginner's 
question.

  
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It works for me with filename formatting when I 
  import the stock docbook-xsl-1.76.1 stylesheets.  I'm not clear how 
  DobuDish works, so I cannot explain why you are losing your formatting.  
  The xsl:import statement should pick up the default template with 
  match="filename", which applies the format.

  
 

  
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


  
 

  
 

  
    
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Thanks Bob. I am using DobuDish which I thought 
    was 5, but it did not like the d: so I removed it.

    
The file names are now unbroken however they no 
    longer have a font style.

    
      
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      element customization - line breaks

      

      
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


      
 

      
 

      
        
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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

        
          
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          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