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


OK, thanks for your help.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mauritz Jeanson [mailto:mj@johanneberg.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:42 AM
> To: Cavicchio, Rob; docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [docbook] "colspec" colwidth attribute: % allowed?
> 
> > -----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
> 
> 
> 


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