RE: [docbook-apps] Specify FO output font size in xml element?

[Eric Nordlund <nordlund@cray.com>]

Thanks Richard. I have used the attribute sets for the entire document, but some of my examples are too long to fit on the page and I want to shrink the font size for only that instance so I can fit it without compromising the rest of the verbatim blocks.

In other words, I only want to apply these fine-grained customizations on demand for individual instances, and not the entire document. The reason I want to use the role="7pt" and width="0" is because our entire document set uses these attributes for that purpose with our FOSI publishing system. I'm trying to "port" our current system to XSL-FO to make it more future-proof.

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hamilton [mailto:hamilton@xmlpress.net] 
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 5:52 PM
To: Eric Nordlund
Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Specify FO output font size in xml element?

Hi Eric,

Take a look at the monospace.verbatim.properties attribute set. I know you can set the font there. You may also be able to adjust the margins (I haven't tried that in this context).

Generally, I always look for attribute sets first when doing a customization, because if you can get what you need done with the attribute set, it will save you having to customize templates.

Best Regards,
Dick Hamilton
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On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Eric Nordlund wrote:

> Hi gang, I've had so much luck with this list this week. Thanks!
> 
> I have some verbatim sections that I need to shrink the font size so the whole line fits on the page. I've modified the <xsl:template match="programlisting|screen|synopsis"> template in verbatim.xsl so that I can pass a width='1' attribute which sets the resulting fo:block to have 0pts indent left and right, which effectively opens my margins up. Another thing I need to do is pass a role="8pt" or role="7pt" attribute that will shrink the font size down on those elements for the really long ones. Is that something anyone has done before that could share a sample with me?
> 
> Am I even on the right track, or am I making things harder than they need to be?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Eric Nordlund
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