First, your new template is not working
because you aren't understanding how XSL templates and parameters
work. You can't reset a global parameter from within a
template. The effect of your template is as follows:
1. When a sect1 with attribute @orient='l'
is encountered, set a local parameter named 'page.orientation'.
2. When the template is finished, the
parameter goes out of scope, and no further processing is done on the
sect1.
You have overridden the default processing
for sect1 when that attribute is set, so that is why the section
disappears. In general, when you want to extend the processing done for a
match, you would use xsl:apply-imports to apply the standard DocBook templates
to the sect1. But the parameter setting will have no effect, because
the page orientation is set when a page
sequence in FO is started, but a sect1 does not start a page
sequence.
Unfortunately, switching orientation in the
middle of a page sequence is not a standard feature in XSL-FO. It can be
done, but, you will need to apply Ken Holman's brilliant Page Sequence Master
Interleave (PSMI) solution:
http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/resources/psmi/
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From:
Russell Seymour
To: Russell Seymour ;
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:02
AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Section
Orientation
Hi,
As a follow up to the email this morning, I think
I am a bit closer to getting this working, but I am failing at the last
hurdle.
I have added an attribute to the <sect1>
tag in my XML that says orient='l' or 'p'. I then have a custom XSL in
my FO directory that has:
<xsl:template match="sect1[@orient =
'l']">
<xsl:param
name="page.orientation" select="landscape"/>
</xsl:template>
However whilst this template match is being
picked up, this section is not displayed on the final PDF. The document
only has the title page and TOC.
Can anyone give me any pointers for this one
please?
Thanks, Russell
----- Original Message -----
From:
Russell Seymour
To:
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:36
AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Section
Orientation
Good morning list,
Although I know how to set the orientation for the whole document which
is rendered from a DocBook, I wondered if there was a way to specify there
orientation that is required in a section.
I have a system that produces reports from a variety of data sources
and some of that data would be better displayed on a landscape orientation
whereas the rest of the document would be best in portrait.
Does anyone now of a way of doing this?
Thanks in advance.
Russell
