Re: [docbook-apps] Continued lines in index

[Pc Thoms <pcthoms@gmail.com>]

Thanks Richard for the question.

I'm working on a series of books where the continuation will occur frequently.

Thanks Bob for you helpful reply as always.

Richard I'll be waiting for an update, as my project is rather long term.

Regards Paul

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net> wrote:

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the pointer. If I can make this work (probably not for a few weeks), and have a reasonably clean implementation, I'll post the result (my client is me this time around:-).

Thanks,
Dick

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On Sep 27, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:

> Hi Dick,
> Yes, I did this for a client using the same mechanism that can be used for tables, as described in:
>
>   http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/TableTemplateCust.html#TableContinuedLabel
>
> You need to customize this template from fo/autoidx.xsl:
>
> <xsl:template match="indexterm" mode="index-primary">
>
> and put the content inside a single-cell fo:table, as described in that section. The method depends on the FO processor.  I don't think FOP supports the retrieve-table-marker property yet, though.  Sorry, I can't give you the code from that client.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
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> From: "Richard Hamilton" <hamilton@xmlpress.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 10:49 AM
> To: "apps docbook" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Continued lines in index
>
>> Has anyone implemented a way to get a "continued" line in a printed index?
>>
>> That is, when a primary term that has a lot of secondaries breaks across a page boundary, many indexes will include a line like this at the top of the new page:
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>> Bieber, Justin (continued)
>>  greatest hits
>>  ...
>>
>> Right now, in this case, the stylesheets would start that page with "greatest hits" rather than a reiteration of the primary term.
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>> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>>
>> Dick Hamilton
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