----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 2:05
PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html
element customization - line breaks
Hi Brendan,
For the filename element, you could try a
customization like this:
<xsl:template
match="d:filename">
<fo:inline
keep-together.within-line="always">
<xsl:apply-imports/>
</fo:inline>
</xsl:template>
(Omit the d: in the match attribute if you
are using DocBook 4.)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 6:00
AM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html
element customization - line breaks
I suppose I will manually backslash
and linebreak for both html and pdf. I now see that
others have had to do this (Appendix A ,example A-7 from Advanced
Bash Scripting at Linux Documentation Project. Manual backslash in both
html and pdf versions.)
Now if only I could stop pdf from
line-breaking filename elements. Any help with this?
Thanks,
Brendan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012
10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html
element customization - line breaks
On 3/18/2012 4:14 PM, Brendan DeTracey wrote:
Hello,
I have been using the computeroutput
element, but have a problem with line breaks in pdf when my line is
too long. In html the user can resize the window to fit the entire
line of text but pdf breaks the line clumsily. How do other authors
deal with this issue?
Thanks,
Brendan
That's the
difference between pdf and html. With pdf you specify the presentation
formats on the page. With html the reading device has a lot of control
over the presentation in the window. Even the user has some control
over an html presentation, but not with pdf.
My solution? I'm
currently working on converting my textbook from LaTeX (to produce
pdf) to ePub (html under the hood). The tools for the conversion are
primitive, at best. Since it's a technical book (assembly language
programming, etc.), I'm having to eliminate a lot of the nice
formatting that LaTeX allows on the printed page. But students these
days prefer electronic reading, even if it means dealing with the
problems of pdf on portable
devices.
--Bob