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

[Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

I see, that's a somewhat different situation.

One strategy, though it will take a bit more customization, would be to use the strategy used in the standard stylesheets for the table.cell.properties template. This is a template that defines an attribute set (when called appropriately). Because it's a template, it can return different values depending on context, whereas an attribute set is fixed.

There are probably other strategies that will work, too, but this may be worth exploring.

Best Regards,
Dick
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On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Eric Nordlund wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.
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> Eric
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> Hi Eric,
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Best Regards,
> Dick Hamilton
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> On Apr 5, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Eric Nordlund wrote:
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>> Hi gang, I've had so much luck with this list this week. Thanks!
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>> 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?
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>> Am I even on the right track, or am I making things harder than they need to be?
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>> Thanks in advance!
>> 
>> Eric Nordlund
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