Re: [docbook-apps] Admon graphics: customizing spaces

[Michèle Garoche <michele.garoche@easyconnect.fr>]

Le 12 déc. 2005 à 18:15, Bob Stayton a écrit :

> Unfortunately there is no way in XSLT to count the number of lines  
> in tip.
> The lines are formed by the XSL-FO processor after the stylesheet  
> is done,
> so the stylesheet has no information about how many lines a given tip
> element will be.
>
> You might want to study the rules of how spaces are combined in XSL- 
> FO and
> use combinations of space-after and space-before, and possibly
> space-before.precedence and space-after.precedence.
Could you give me some advice on reading about this very subject,  
please?

Thanks in advance.

>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michèle Garoche" <michele.garoche@easyconnect.fr>
> To: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>
> Cc: "docbook-apps" <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Admon graphics: customizing spaces
>
>
>
> Le 11 déc. 2005 à 11:57, Bob Stayton a écrit :
>
>> 1.  It requires customizing the template named
>> 'graphical.admonition' to
>> reset
>> those indents.  They should probably be in attribute sets, if you
>> want to
>> file a feature request.  8^)
> Done.
>
>>
>> 2.  I'm not sure how you defined the attribute.  But an xsl:attribute
>> element can contain an xsl:choose statement that can output
>> different values
>> based on the test clause.  An example of such syntax can be found
>> here:
>>
>> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/
>> PrintTableStyles.html#table.properties
>>
>> You can use self::tip to test if the current context is a tip  
>> element.
> Actually, after looking at the pdf production more in depth, I found
> that this occurs only when the tip, note, etc. contains one and
> unique line and not only inside a procedure.
>
> I've styled the admonition outer-block as follows:
>
> <!-- Style of admonitions -->
> <xsl:attribute-set name="graphical.admonition.properties">
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> and normal para spacing as follows:
>
> <!-- Normal paragraph spacing -->
> <xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
>     <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0.5em</xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.5em</xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0.5em</xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">0em</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> Other paragraph space-before and space-after spacings vary from 0.8em
> to 0.6em for sections.
> List block space-before and space-after spacing are 0.4em, list item
> space-before spacing 0.3em and compact list item space-before spacing
> is 0em.
>
> On the other way, I've defined the properties related to tip, notes,
> etc as follows:
>
> <!-- For figures, procedure, example, table -->
> <xsl:attribute-set name="formal.object.properties">
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.4em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0.4em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0.4em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">0.3em</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-column">always</
> xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> <!-- Style of title for procedure, example, table, figures
> And space after procedure title -->
> <xsl:attribute-set name="formal.title.properties">
>    <xsl:attribute name="font-weight">bold</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="font-size">10pt</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="hyphenate">false</xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">
>      <xsl:choose>
>        <xsl:when test="self::procedure">0em</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:otherwise>inherit</xsl:otherwise>
>      </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">
>      <xsl:choose>
>        <xsl:when test="self::procedure">0em</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:otherwise>inherit</xsl:otherwise>
>      </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:attribute>
>    <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">
>      <xsl:choose>
>        <xsl:when test="self::procedure">0em</xsl:when>
>        <xsl:otherwise>inherit</xsl:otherwise>
>      </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
>
> It seems that I need to count the number of lines of the tip text,
> then if there is only one line, make the space after the tip graphics
> a little more than 0em.
>
> A little too complicated for me at the moment, i.e. I have no idea
> how I can count the number of lines.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Michèle
> <http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Cheers,
Michèle
<http://micmacfr.homeunix.org>