RE: [docbook-apps] tables aren't breaking onto the next page

["Jeff Powanda" <jpowanda@vocera.com>]

All the tables in my documents are <informaltable>, so the problem went away when I did the following:

 

1. Commented out the following. Not sure why it doesn’t work.

<!-- This doesn't work with DocBook 1.72 and FOP 0.93, so informaltable.properties are defined below -->

<!--<xsl:attribute-set name="informaltable.properties" -->

<!--                   xsl:use-attribute-sets="table.properties"/>-->

 

2. Added the following to specify attributes for informaltable.properties.

 

 

<xsl:template name="informaltable.properties">

 

      <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">4pt</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">8pt</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">12pt</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">6pt</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">12pt</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">18pt</xsl:attribute>   

      <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-column">always</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-page">always</xsl:attribute>

       

</xsl:template>

 

Now the tables break correctly onto the next page.

 

Regards,

Jeff Powanda

 

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From: Jeff Powanda [mailto:jpowanda@vocera.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 6:52 PM
To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [docbook-apps] tables aren't breaking onto the next page

 

When I output to PDF, long tables aren’t breaking onto the next page, but are running below the page margin. I’ve tried changing the keep together properties like this.

 

<xsl:template name="table.properties">

 

      <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-column">auto</xsl:attribute>

      <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-page">auto</xsl:attribute>

       

</xsl:template>

 

<xsl:attribute-set name="informaltable.properties"

                   xsl:use-attribute-sets="table.properties"/>

 

But that doesn’t work. How can I get long tables to break onto the next page?

 

I’m using DocBook XSL 1.72 and FOP 0.93.

 

Regards,

Jeff