Re: [docbook-apps] how put narrow non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi,

I don't think this is a Docbook 5 issue, but an issue with the XSL-FO processor.  You might take a peek inside the generated .fo file to see if your narrow space character is there.  If so, then the XSL stylesheet is working and the XSL-FO processor is not handling it.  What XSL-FO processor are you using?  The FOP processor included with Oxygen?

 

There are a lot of space characters in Unicode (see http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SpecialChars.html#SpecialSpaces), and not all XSL-FO processors handle all of them.  It may be that some processors expect to find the character in the current font. 

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: D-BookeR

To: Camille Bégnis

Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:16 AM

Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] how put narrow non-breaking spaces before punctuation marks

Thanks!

Do you know whether I can get a narrower one ?

The *narrow* non-breaking space (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202f/index.htm) seems not to work with docbook5.

patricia

2011/11/10 Camille Bégnis <camille@neodoc.biz>

Hello,

I don't know if oXygen provides a shortcut, but in DocBook 5 you have to
insert the unicode character for non breaking space, that is &#160; in
the XML code.

HTH,

Camille.

On 10/11/2011 16:25, D-BookeR wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using docbook 5 for publication in French, so I need to place the
> usual narrow non-breaking space before strong punctuation like colon,
> semi colon, exclamation and question marks.
> How to proceed ?
> Should I introduce them from the start, in the docbook manuscript ?
> Then how?
> Or can we do it automatically with the xslt ? Is there any parameter
> for that ?
>
> [I am editing with Oxygen]
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Patricia