Re: [docbook-apps] Sidebar height

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi,
I'm not sure I completely understand the problem.  When you say "the 
“paragraph Texts” appear in the sidebar region", it sounds like you are 
using the sidebars to set the margin for the body text.  Rather, the 
region-body in the page master should set the margin for the body text. 
Then the sidebars can be placed in that area as floats and you don't have to 
adjust the heights of the sidebars.

If you really must set the sidebar height, you'll need to duplicate the 
mechanism that processes the <?dbfo sidebar-width?> processing instruction. 
Some of that is in fo/block.xsl and some in fo/pi.xsl.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lily Galle" <lily.galle@gmx.net>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 4:37 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Sidebar height


> Dear all,
>
> I use XEP. My book is double-sided.
>
> I use sidebar:
>   <?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
>
> For example: “Motivation”, “Activity” and “Result” are the Text in 
> sidebars. I would like to have the following layout in the whole book:
>
> Paragraph 1: about motivation.    Motivation
>
> Paragraph 2: about motivation.
>
> Paragraph 3: about motivation
>
>
> Paragraph 4: about activity. Activity
>
> Paragraph 5: about activity.
>
>
> Paragraph 6: about Result.        Result
>
> Paragraph 7: about Result.
>
>
> The Problem is: Every sidebar should have different height. I have to 
> adjust every sidebar height to the height of the paragraphs. I do it with 
> <literallayout> </literallayout>. If the sidebar heights are not well 
> adjusted, then the “paragraph Texts” appear in the sidebar region and the 
> layout is no more pretty.
>
> If the book has 200 pages, then I have to write many <literallayout> 
> </literallayout>.
>
> I would like the following very much: the height of the sidebar can be 
> adjusted automatically to the height of the Paragraphs. How can I manage 
> this?
>
> Help will be very much appreciated. Thanks!!
>
> Lily
>
>
>
> As Test you could use the following code:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <book version="5.0" xml:lang="de" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; >
>
>    <title>The Big Book Title</title>
>
>    <chapter>
>        <title>  Chapter 1 Title</title>
>        <sidebar>
>            <?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
>            <para>
>                first sidebar text. It begins with the first paragraph
>            </para>
>        </sidebar>
>
>        <para>Paragraph one. Here is the main text. They should positioned 
> beside the first sidebar.
>            They should not intruded in the sidebar region.
>        </para>
>        <para>Paragraph two. Here is the another main text. These main text 
> should not intruded in the sidebar region.
>            These main text should not intruded in the sidebar region.
>            But they did.
>        </para>
>        <para>Paragraph three. One main text again. They should not indrude 
> in the sidebar region.
>            But they intrude in the sidebar region. It is not good.
>        </para>
>
>
>        <sidebar>
>            <?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
>            <para>
>                second sidebar text. It should apear when the 4th paragraph 
> begins.
>            </para>
>            <literallayout>
>            </literallayout>
>        </sidebar>
>
>        <para>Paragraph 4. Here is the 4th paragraph. Here is the main 
> text. They should positioned beside the second sidebar.  Here is the main 
> text. They should positioned beside the second sidebar.
>        </para>
>        <para>Paragraph 5. Here is another main text. These main text do 
> not intrude in the sidebar region because the
>            TAG literallayout is used in the second sidebar.
>        </para>
>        <para>Paragraph 6. Here is another main text again. This is a big 
> paragraph. A big paragraph. A big paragraph.
>            A big paragraph. A big paragraph. A big paragraph. A big 
> paragraph.
>            They intrude in sidebar region. The height of the second 
> sidebar is not high enough. Not high enough.
>            The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high 
> enough. They intrude in sidebar region.
>            The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high 
> enough.
>            The height of the second sidebar is not high enough. Not high 
> enough.
>        </para>
>
>        <sidebar>
>            <?dbfo sidebar-width="1.2in"?><?dbfo float-type="outside"?>
>            <para>
>                third sidebar text. it begins when the 7th paragraph 
> begins.
>            </para>
>        </sidebar>
>
>        <para>Paragraph 7. Here is the main text. They should positioned 
> beside the second sidebar.
>            Here is the main text. They should positioned beside the second 
> sidebar.
>        </para>
>        </chapter>
>    </book>
>
>
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