Re: [docbook-apps] Adjusting orderedlist item number spacing

[Paul DuBois <paul@kitebird.com>]

Hi Bob,

On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Bob Stayton wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> In general the horizontal spacing of the list items does not automatically adjust. But the stylesheet provides options to adjust it, both globally with a param and locally with a PI.  See:
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> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/ListSpacing.html#ListHorizSpacing

Thanks, will have a look.

> Regarding the alternating indents, are you sure that's not the inside/outside margins alternating when double.sided=1?

Ah, hadn't thought of that. That's probably it.

> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul DuBois" <paul@kitebird.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:53 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] Adjusting orderedlist item number spacing
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> I have a report from a user who is using FOP 1.0 of a problem with <orderedlist> items (i.e., items labeled with numbers): The spacing between the item number label and the item text does not adjust, so that when the numbering reaches 10 (two digits), the number label begins to overlap the text.
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> I tried it myself and the effect gets even worse when numbering reaches three and four digits (more overlap). So apparently the amount of space given for labels does not adjust to the width of the label. Is there a way to deal with this?
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> I also noticed something else: When the list is long enough to extend across multiple pages, the indent of list items changes: More on one page, less on the next page, more on the next page, etc. (alternating).
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> If this description isn't clear, I can provide the PDF. I didn't want to attach it.
> 
> Thanks!
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