Re: [docbook-apps] adding additional info to headers and footers

[Ben Adams <benjadams at yahoo dot com>]

Great, thanks!

--- Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

> You are on the right track.  The 'header.table'
> template lays out the table
> rows and cells in the page header. You can customize
> that template to write
> a table to display whatever combination of rows and
> cells and spans you
> want, expressed in fo:table elements.
> 
> Each fo:table-cell must have a call to the
> 'header.content' template, and
> communicate that cell's location in the table
> through the 'position' param.
> The 'left', 'center', 'right' values are just
> strings that are matched in
> the default header.content template.  You can add
> your own position values
> like 'row1col2', as long as you have that position
> param value matched in
> your customized header.content template to fill in
> the cell.
> 
> The header.content template is just a big xsl:choose
> statement, where each
> xsl:when statement generates content for its
> particular combination of
> position, pageclass, and sequence parameters.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben Adams" <benjadams@yahoo.com>
> To: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] adding additional info
> to headers and footers
> 
> 
> > I'm sorry, I forgot some info-
> >
> > I am working in docbook, using the xsltproc and
> fop
> > tools to create pdf output.
> >
> > I am currently trying to show my boss that I can
> use
> > docbook to write my design docs instead of MS
> Word,
> > and one of his requests was "make it look the
> same" as
> > what we have now.
> >
> > I have played around with customizing the
> > header.content and header.table templates, and
> noticed
> > that it seems there is only support for "left,
> center,
> > or right" - but I don't know if this is something
> that
> > I can customize or not.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > --- Ben Adams <benjadams@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to have a header table (page
> header)
> > > with 4 or more cells in it?
> > >
> > > Something like:
> > >
> > >  ________________________________________
> > > |      |         Cell 2       |  Cell 3  |
> > > | Cell |______________________|__________|
> > > |   1  |         Cell 4       |  Cell 5  |
> > > |______|______________________|__________|
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ben
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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