David
many thanks, I'll have a look at psmi and see if I can use/adapt it.
Unfortunately my tables are pretty deep at present - sect3 level.
Ron
>I haven't tried this customization with recent docbook xsls, so it
>probably needs to be updated, but you can post-process the xsl-fo
>produced by (a customization of) the docbook xsls using Ken Holman's
>psmi stylesheets <http://www.cranesoftwrights.com/resources/psmi/> to
>landscape things as long as they aren't deep in the resulting fo tree.
>E.g. if you could make the table the direct child of a chapter or
>appendix, it would work, but wouldn't work for tables in sections:
>http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200312/msg00094.html
>
>Hope that helps,
>David
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ron Catterall [mailto:]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:11 AM
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>> Subject: [docbook-apps] wide tables with XEP/FO
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>> I have some wide tables which drive XEP crazy (FOP just bombs out).
>> How can I turn some tables sideways (i.e.landscape) in FO output that
>> is normal page (i.e. portrait). (Not all tables, I have some which
>> fit happily on a portrait page.) Looks like I need a processing
>> instruction of some sort for the wide tables. Can anyone help?
>> Ron
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