Re: [docbook] role for para

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Peter,
I think this can be done without any customization by using DocBook 
profiling (conditional text), described here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Profiling.html

You could use the profiling attribute @condition="html" or 
@condition="fo" (or @audience) on your different para elements.  I don't 
recommend using @role, for reasons listed at the end of that chapter.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

On 2/18/2014 7:50 AM, Peter Fleck wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been able to use "role" on /para/ tag for elements that I don't
> want printed in html (when the user prints in their browser) using css (
> display: none !important;) eg, some parts of the header or footer.
> Is it possible to do something similar for FO and HTML.
>
> Something similar to *use.role.for.mediaobject* where you can tag up a
> different /para/ depending on the output.
>
> My problem is floating images.
> They work perfect for HTML output but I have to use a table in FO to get
> the same effect. However the HTML output using the table doesn't scale
> well when you change the browser or font size. It leaves a gap at the
> bottom of the paragraph.
> I wonder if it is feasible/sensible to set the *para* or *section* role
> for FO or HTML like we have for /mediaobjects/ so that I can write a
> para with floats for html and another with table for FO?
>
> Sorry if I'm being a bit convoluted over what may be fairly simple.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Peter