Re: [docbook-apps] FOP infinite loop

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

I think you need to add a unit of measure to the number, such as 100pt
instead of just 100.  The idea is specify enough width for the longest text
in the set of term elements.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hisashi Yamaguchi" <yamaguchi@a-dos.com>
To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:19 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] FOP infinite loop


> Hi
>
> I got a strange behavior,
> which goes into infinite loop,
> for converting PDF with Apache FOP.
>
> > fop.bat -c conf\userconfig.xml test.fo test.pdf
> .....
> .....
> [INFO] area contents overflows area in line
> [INFO] area contents overflows area in line
> [INFO] area contents overflows area in line
> -- infiniet loop --
>
> I found an article that indicates
> how to avoid the same problem.
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200402/msg00244.html
>
> According to this article, one of solutions is
> to specify an exact value of termlength
> at variablelist elementin in table.xsl.
> I made, therefore, a change in
> docbook/fo/table.xsl:<variablelist termlength="100">,
> but it doesn't work anyway.
>
> I wonder if I misinterpret the suggestion of the article.
> I wish experts would give ideas.
>
> Regards,
> --Hisashi.Yamaguchi
>
> OS              : Windows XP 2002 Professional SP2
> Apache FOP : 0.20.5
> docbook-xslt : 1.67.2
>
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