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Subject: Re: [docbook] Line spacing
Thank you, Bob. That's exactly what I wanted. Bob Stayton wrote: > Then you can output a processing instruction like <?break?> using XSLT > as follows: > > <xsl:processing-instruction name="break"/> > > Then your docbook stylesheet customization can process that into an > empty fo:block to create the line break. > > Bob Stayton > Sagehill Enterprises > DocBook Consulting > bobs@sagehill.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mansour" <mansour77@yahoo.com> > To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> > Cc: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:52 AM > Subject: Re: [docbook] Line spacing > > >> I am aware of the literallayout tag. However, it preserves every >> thing inside the tag like extra spaces. That's why I am trying avoid >> using it. On the other hand, using a processing instruction like >> <?break-line?> is not going to work, because I am not writing a >> docbook document directly. I am writing a template (xslt) that will >> generate a docbook. And I couldn't find a way to output <?break?> >> from the xslt to the docbook the way it's for further processing. >> >> >> >> >> >> Bob Stayton wrote: >>> You might try putting your lines inside a literallayout element >>> instead of individual para elements. In literallayout, line breaks >>> are preserved in the output, which would eliminate the extra spacing >>> introduced by para. >>> >>> Bob Stayton >>> Sagehill Enterprises >>> DocBook Consulting >>> bobs@sagehill.net >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mansour" <mansour77@yahoo.com> >>> To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:55 PM >>> Subject: [docbook] Line spacing >>> >>> >>>> How do I control line spacing? I need to write few lines of text >>>> and I am puting each of them in <para> element in order to get the >>>> line break. Now the space between each of them is huge and I need >>>> to make it smaller. How do I proceed ? >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org >> >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docbook-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docbook-help@lists.oasis-open.org > >
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