Re: [docbook-apps] PDF output appearence

[Richard Hamilton <rlhamilton@frii.com>]

Lillian,

I ran into a similar problem a while back, and with some help from hte
list, came up with the solution described on this web page:

http://rlhamilton.net/cookbook/chapter3/inlinetitles.html

It's probably worth reading the following email message, which describes
a few caveats with this particular solution:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200512/msg00058.html

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Dick Hamilton

On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 10:03 -0700, Lillian Sullam wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if there is any way to put headings and text on the
> same line.  I have sect3 headings followed by text which is on the
> next line in my PDF output.  I would like it to be all on the same
> line.  I would also like to do this with my variable lists.
> 
> Example:
> 
> Section 3 Heading
> Paragraph that follows.  
> 
> What I would like:
> 
> Section 3 Heading.  Paragraph that follows.
> 
> I have been able to do a fair amount of modifications with parameters
> and my customization stylesheet, but I can't seem to figure out this
> problem.  In the case of the variable lists, if I set the parameter
> <xsl:param name="variablelist.as.blocks" select="1"></xsl:param> to 0
> then I still have the same problem because the definition block is
> separate from the term and creates it's own indent.
> 
> Example:
> 
> Term     The block that contains
>              the definition.
> 
> What I would like:
> 
> Term.  The block that contains
> the definition.
> 
> Two questions in one, but I feel like they have the same answer.
> Thanks for the help!
> 
> Lillian Sullam
>