Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Making sure headers in tables are not too close tothe rule beside them

[Thomas Andre Berger <thomasbe@osc.no>]

Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com> writes:

> I am noticing that my tables look ugly, because the elements in them are
> hard up against the left margin rule. 

What version of the stylesheets and what version of jadetex are you using?
I know that some versions of the stylesheet had the following set 
in print/dbtable.dsl:

;; Adam Di Carlo, adam@onshore.com
(define %cals-cell-before-column-margin% 
  (cond ((equal? (print-backend) 'tex)
         0pt)
        (else
         3pt)))

But newer jadetex don't need this workaround.  I think it is
removed in newer versions of the stylesheet.

> How can I ensure that there is some space there?

Always set the margin to 3pt.  Then you should be fine.

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