Re: [docbook-apps] toc where every chapter/section starts exactlyat the same vertical position

Hello Bob,

thank you very much for your help!

Meanwhile I found a solution by using tables, but your solution seems a 
lot more intuitive and 'cleaner' :-)    to me. I had problems to include 
the fo:table-elements correctly (- at the right position since I got 
some error messages) in the toc.line-template, but I managed it now.
Nevertheless I will use your suggestion since it is much smarter.

Best Regards

Stefan

Bob Stayton schrieb:
> Hi Stefan,
> You could customize the template named 'toc.line' in fo/autotoc.xsl to 
> use a fo:list-block with one list-item to format the two pieces.  
> Something like this:
>
> <fo:list-block provisional-distance-between-starts="0.5in">
>  <fo:list-item>
>    <fo:list-item-label end-indent="label-end()">
>      <fo:block>
>        <xsl:copy-of select="$label"/>
>      </fo:block>
>    </fo:list-item-label>
>    <fo:list-item-body start-indent="body-start()">
>      <!-- the fo:block that formats the title with the leader and page 
> reference -->
>    </fo:list-item-body>
>  </fo:list-item>
> </fo:list-block>
>
> It is the provisional-distance-between-starts that provides the 
> consistent spacing, sort of like a two-column table.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> DocBook Consulting
> 
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Zander" 
> <>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 8:07 AM
> Subject: [docbook-apps] toc where every chapter/section starts exactly 
> at the same vertical position
>
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> sorry for the imprecise subject matter.
>> Does anybody know how to generate a toc in a pdf-file with docbook 
>> 4.4, which looks as follows:
>>
>> 1         Chapter 1
>> 1.1      Chapter 1.1
>> 1.2      Chapter 1.2
>> 1.2.1   Chapter 1.2.1
>> etc.
>>
>> What docbook does is something like this:
>> 1 Chapter 1
>> 1.1 Chapter 1.1
>> 1.1.1 Chapter 1.1.1
>> etc.
>>
>> Any ideas how to realize this?
>> I am working with docbook 4.4, fop0.92beta, Java 1.5, docbook-xsl 1.70.1
>>
>> I tried to customize the autotox.xsl-stylesheet and use tables, but 
>> it seems that this doesn't work.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>>
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