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Subject: RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: RE: Problem with table that spans multiple pages
You might try this patch: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=514664&group_id=21935&at id=373749 I'm not sure if it helps the border problem (Our tables are formatted with only horozontal rules and no outside border. David > -----Original Message----- > From: Kraa de Simon [mailto:Simon.de.Kraa@icl.nl] > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:28 PM > To: 'Norman Walsh' > Cc: 'docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org' > Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: RE: Problem with table that spans > multiple pages > > > This is what I got from RenderX: > > --- > Exactly what I suspected. table-and-caption are kept-together. > The parser first tries to keep the whole table together, it does > not fit in a page, then to recover it stops processing of keep and > breaks. Therefore the table looks ugly and the headers are broken > not where they should. > > Besides that, by default border-before-width has > conditionality="discard" > thus no intermediate table borders, and your cells don't have > border-before > (top), > only border-bottom and border-right. > > Specify border-top on the header -- you'll get the proper frames. > --- > > Does this mean this is a problem with Docbook XSL? > > Any ideas on how I should proceed? > > Thanks, > > Simon. > > XML, FO and PDF examples can be found at: > > http://www.ansilion.com/docbook/doc.xml > http://www.ansilion.com/docbook/doc.fo > http://www.ansilion.com/docbook/doc.pdf > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] > Sent: woensdag 20 maart 2002 12:31 > To: Kraa de Simon > Cc: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: Problem with table that spans multiple pages > > > [ Follow-ups to docbook-apps, please ] > > / Kraa de Simon <Simon.de.Kraa@icl.nl> was heard to say: > | I'm having the following problems with a table that spans > multiple pages > in > | a pdf document: > | > | - There is one blank page between table title and the table itself. > > I think this is a arguably a RenderX formatting problem. The table > title specifies a "keep" with the table body, but the table is longer > than a page so the formatter seems to think it's better to break > between the table and the title than it is to break in the middle of > the table. > > | - The bottom of the table isn't properly formatted (lines > are sticking > out). > | - The header of the table is missing a line on the top. > > These are formatting choices (or bugs :-) made by the folks at > RenderX, you'll have to ask them. > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | The stone fell on the > pitcher? Woe > http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | to the pitcher. The pitcher fell > Chair, DocBook Technical Committee | on the stone? Woe to the > | pitcher.--Rabbinic Saying >
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