Re: [docbook] How to format a check-list like output.

[Philippe CHARLIER <p.charlier@chello.be>]

Le lun 27/10/2003 à 05:23, waldron.Navix@canon.co.jp a écrit :
> Try using "variablelist" for your checklist. If you know how to also
write your
> own XSL files for transformation, you can create some pretty good
results to
> satisfy your requirements.
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Dee

Thanks,

Seems good.
In html, with some CSS tweaking the result is correct.
In pdf (generated by fop 0.20.5, DTD 4.2, XSL stylesheet 1.60.1) I get 2
columns.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENG ANTI ICE           If icing conditions description text blah blah
....................   description text blah blah description text blah
................. AS   blah description text blah blah description text
RQRD                   blah blah
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

I suppose that I need some XSL tweaking here ?

Phil

> Philippe CHARLIER <p.charlier@chello.be> on 2003/10/27 13:10:19

---<SNIP>---

> What I hear by "check-list" is something like this :
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> ENG ANTI ICE ................................. AS RQRD
>  If icing conditions description text blah blah descri
>  ption text blah blah description text blah blah descr
>  iption text blah blah
> 
> WING ANTI ICE ................................ AS RQRD
> 
> APU MASTER switch (if APU not required) .......... OFF
> 
> ANNOUNCE ....................... "CLEAR TO DISCONNECT"
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This consists (in bold style) of an item (left part), an action on
this
> item (right part) and an optional decription of the action.
> 
> Left parts are aligned left.
> Right parts are aligned right.
> 
> Left and right part are joined by a serie of dot (or any other mean).
> 
> The description is in smaller font size, with small vertical space
> between it and the action it describes. And indented to the right.
> 
> I tried to get this kind of output using the docbook elements but
> without results.
> A table didn't help.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Phil