This problem of making the index title span multiple columns is harder than
it seems it should be. First, the index.div.title.properties attribute-set
applies to the letter division titles such as A, B, C, etc. It does not
apply to the "Index" title.
The problem is that a span="all" property must be on an fo:block that is the
immediate child of fo:flow. The DocBook XSL stylesheets were not designed
with that in mind. The titlepage templates generate several levels of
nested fo:block before getting to the "Index" title, so a span placed on one
of the inner blocks simply does not work. You have to customize the
template that generates the page-sequence for the index, as well as the
template named 'index.titlepage'.
You might file a feature request on the DocBook XSL Sourceforge site to make
this easier.
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vitaly Ostanin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:49 AM
Subject: [docbook-apps] Spanning index title
> Hello.
>
> I use DocBook XSL 1.68.1 and prefer index title to be in all
> columns, not only for first.
>
> It's possible add param like
>
http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/fo/index.div.title.properties.html
> for control index title generation ?
>
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> Regards, Vyt
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