RE: [docbook] "colspec" colwidth attribute: % allowed?

["Mauritz Jeanson" <mj@johanneberg.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cavicchio_Rob@emc.com 
> 
> The documentation for the "colspec" element states that the 
> value of the "colwidth" attribute "can be either a fixed 
> measure using one of the CALS units (36pt, 10pc, etc.) or a 
> proportional measure. Proportional measures have the form 
> 'number*', meaning this column should be number times wider 
> than a column with the measure '1*' (or just '*')."
>  
> Are straight percentages like "33%" or "50%" allowed?


It seems like percentages are not allowed. They are not mentioned in the
CALS table specification:

COLWIDTH: Either proportional measure of the form number*, i.e., "5*" for 5
times the proportion, or "*" (which is equivalent to "1*"); fixed measure,
i.e., 2pt for 2 point, 3pi for 3 pica; or mixed measure, i.e., 2*+3pt.
Coefficients are positive integers or fixed point numbers.
(http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/a502.htm)

/MJ