Re: [docbook-apps] itemize and ordered list behavior

["Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>]

> I installed the earlier version of the stylesheet in
> its own catalog and ran my document through xsltproc
> and pdfxmltex and it worked. Thank you!!! :-)
>
> However, while this may be a good short term solution,
>  it still begs the question as to what to do for the
> long term. While I appreciate Bob Stayton's suggestion
> of using a custom layer, I do not think that is the
> long term answer either. Lists should work correctly
> by default.
>
> Any suggestions anyone?

Well, I think this is a problem in the FO processor, not the stylesheets.
You could lobby the authors of pdfxmltex, or switch to another processor.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thane Sinclaire" <tsinclaire@yahoo.com>
To: "Justus H. Piater" <Justus.Piater@ULg.ac.be>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] itemize and ordered list behavior


> --- "Justus H. Piater" <Justus.Piater@ULg.ac.be>
> wrote:
> > Thane Sinclaire <tsinclaire@yahoo.com> wrote on Tue,
> > 15 Jun 2004
> > 04:21:08 -0700 (PDT):
> >
> > > Has anyone had the following problem and or know
> > how I
> > > can fix it.
> > >
> > > After creating my .fo file with xsltproc, I use
> > > pdfxmltex to create a pdf.
> > >
> > > In the resulting pdf, both itemize and ordered
> > lists
> > > have the bullet or number on one line, and then
> > the
> > > text jumps down and begins on the next line like a
> > > variable list.
> >
> > This is a known problem of PassiveTeX. The problem
> > began to appear
> > when additional fo:blocks where introduced in the
> > XSL style
> > sheets. The latest version that works with
> > PassiveTeX is 1.61.3 (which
> > is what I, sadly, use for this very reason).
> >
> > Justus
> >
> > -- 
> > Justus H. Piater, Ph.D.
> > http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~piater/
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> >
> >
>
> /Thane
>
>
>
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