Re: [docbook-apps] PDF output: am I missing something?

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

Well, table-layout="fixed" is already the default for fop users.  It isn't handled by 
the table.table.properties, but by a separate xsl:if statement in the template 
matching on tgroup (which generates the fo:table).  That error message is probably 
coming from another element that generates a layout table, and fails to take into 
account this fop limitation.  If you can identify what element generates such a table, 
we can fix that.

Since "auto" is the default, it isn't necessary to set it for other processors.  I 
don't think you want to explicitly set "auto" for all tables.  The XSL-FO spec says:

"The use of the "proportional-column-width()" function is only permitted when the 
fixed table layout is used."

So if a table's column specs include any "*", then you might get error messages for 
that combination.  The stylesheet currently checks for any "*" and outputs 
table-layout="fixed" for such tables, regardless of the processor.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Cramer" <david@thingbag.net>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] PDF output: am I missing something?


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> On 12/02/2011 02:42 PM, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > Hi Robin, It sounds like what you are missing is an XSL-FO
> > processor that supports the table-layout="auto" value for tables,
> > which will size columns automatically to fit short data.
> > Unfortunately, FOP does not support the "auto" value, and so
> > requires tables to have table-layout="fixed", which when column
> > widths are not specified results in equal column widths.  Both XEP
> > and Antenna House support table-layout="auto", which is actually
> > the default value for that property in the specification.
>
> That reminds me, is there any reason not to make table-layout="fixed"
> the default for fop users?
>
> <xsl:attribute-set name="table.table.properties">
>  <xsl:attribute
> name="border-before-width.conditionality">retain</xsl:attribute>
>  <xsl:attribute name="border-collapse">collapse</xsl:attribute>
>  <xsl:attribute name="table-layout">
>    <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0 and $fop1.extensions !=
> 0">fixed</xsl:when>
>      <xsl:otherwise>auto</xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> This would avoid messages like the following from fop:
>
> WARNING: The following feature isn't implemented by Apache FOP, yet:
> table-layout="auto" (on fo:table) (See position 1371:1364)
> Dec 2, 2011 3:03:46 PM org.apache.fop.events.LoggingEventListener
> processEvent
>
> David
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