Re: [docbook-apps] table headers

[tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com]

I'm sorry, I was being lazy and using
a very (very) shorthand html snipped to represent what I need to do - which
is :more like:
(although it needs to actually be in
docbook). The point is that I have multiple head entries, dotted about
the table. Currently I am just using <emphasis> to fake the head
entries, but I'd much rather have it defined in terms of the tables structure
rather than how I want it to look - hense why I am using Docbook in the
first place.

<table>
    <row>
        <headentry></headentry>
      
        <headentry></headentry>
    </row>
    <row>
        <entry></entry>
      
        <entry></entry>
    </row>
    <row>
        <headentry></headentry>
      
        <entry></entry>
    </row>
    <row>
        <entry></entry>
      
        <entry></entry>
    </row>
</table>

I hope I have been a little more clear
this time..
thanks

Michael Smith <smith@xml-doc.org> wrote on 11/10/2005
08:22:34:

> Tom,
> 
> See Bob's response. Whatever your actual markup is (it can't be
> what you have below, because as Bob points out, it has no rows).
> 
> Are you sure that your source is actually valid? If I run the
> following through the FO and HTML stylesheets, I get <th>'s
in
> output exactly where they're expected.
>   <article>
>     <title></title>
>     <table>
>       <caption>foo</caption>
>       <tr>
>         <th>head1</th>
>         <th>head2</th>
>       </tr>
>       <tr>
>         <td>cell1</td>
>         <td>cell2</td>
>       </tr>
>       <tr>
>         <th>head3</th>
>         <th>head4</th>
>       </tr>
>       <tr>
>         <td>cell3</td>
>         <td>cell4</td>
>       </tr>
>     </table>
>   </article>
> 
> tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com writes:
> 
> > Neil Roeth <neil@occamsrazor.net> wrote on 10/10/2005 23:57:09:
> > 
> > > Will a tgroup do what you want? Each tgroup can have a thead
and tfoot.
> > 
> > No, multiple tgroups do not quite achieve the same effect. Each
tgroup 
> > renders as a whole new table - so you just end up with multiple
stacked 
> > tables. It also doesnt cater for the time when I need to say:
> > 
> > <table>
> >     <th></th><th>/th>
> >     <td></td><td></td>
> >     <th></th><td>/td>
> >     <td></td><td></td>
> > <table>
> > 
> > Really, I need to be able to specify a single cell to be a header
cell, 
> > regardless of where it appears in the table. Is this possible,
or must I 
> > fake it with a <emphasis role="bold"> or something
similar? If so, what 
> > would be the best method - one that will render in both XHTML
and PDF?
> > 
> > > On Oct 10, tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com (tom.kirkpatrick@virusbtn.com)
> > wrote:
> > >  > I need to create a docbook table with a structure
similar to this:
> > >  > 
> > >  > <table>
> > >  >     <th></th>
> > >  >     <td></td>
> > >  >     <td></td>
> > >  >     <th></th>
> > >  >     <td></td>
> > >  >     <td></td>
> > >  > </table>
> > >  > 
> > >  > ie. I ned to be able to have multiple thead sections.
When I try 
> > this, the 
> > >  > style sheets seem to put both theads at the top
of the table (which I 
> > gess 
> > >  > makes sence). How could I create a table with
multiple table headers 
> > at 
> > >  > varying positions in the table?
> > >  > 
> > >  > 
> > >  > thanks in advance
> > >  > tom
> > >  > 
> > >  > -- 
> > >  > Tom Kirkpatrick
> > >  > Web Developer - Virus Bulletin
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Neil Roeth
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom Kirkpatrick
> > Web Developer - Virus Bulletin
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tom Kirkpatrick
> > Web Developer - Virus Bulletin
> -- 
> Michael Smith
> http://sideshowbarker.net/
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Tom Kirkpatrick
Web Developer - Virus Bulletin