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Subject: Re: [docbook] Question


David Cramer wrote:
> Does specifying a hyphenation character not work for you?
> 
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/FittingText.html#BreakLongLines 
> 
> Perhaps using some character other than \ as the hyphenation-character
> (often a hooked arrow is used). 

I want it to work in html too, so xsl-fo line wrapping
is not really an option David?
Also the content must be unchanged when it is extracted for
use as a program.

regards



> 
> David
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Pawson [mailto:davep@dpawson.co.uk] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:28 AM
>> To: docbook
>> Subject: [docbook] Question
>>
>> I'm looking at embedded code in docbook 5.
>>
>>
>> <programlisting>
>>
>> $very long command line
>>
>> </programlisting>
>>
>>
>> The problem is that I want to extract the command line as 
>> working code, from the docbook, hence I can't embed pseudo 
>> newlines/line break characters, as I would for documentation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since I don't want to 'unwrap' all short lines, I'm looking 
>> at ?? an extension ?? purely for documentation?
>>
>>
>> <programlisting>
>>
>> <line>$very long command line <linebreak/> etc etc
>>
>> </line>
>>
>> </programlisting>
>>
>>
>> I.e. to intimate that at <linebreak/> I want (for the docbook 
>> 'print' output) a newline inserted to keep the page width reasonable.







regards

-- 
Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
http://www.dpawson.co.uk


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