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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: term in <variablelist> is rendered incorrectly in PDF
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 08:46:52PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > >>>>> Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>: > > > What I *really* would like to be able to do is measure the formatted > > width of the terms. But I don't think there is a way to do that > > with the separation of stylesheet and FO processing. Only the FO > > processor knows how wide the formatted terms are, and it cannot set > > the list-block property values. > > But you do know whether the text is monospaced or proportional, don't > you? Isn't it possible to use that information to adjust the value? Well, not in general. A term is mixed content, and can contain any number of inline elements mixed with regular text. -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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