Re: [docbook-apps] first <para> in <procedure><step> does not get "normal.para.spacing" attribute

Hi,
I think you are saying you do not want the text indent on any paras inside a 
step. If so, you can make that attribute conditional in the attribute set as 
follows:

<xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
  <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="ancestor::step">0pt</xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>10pt</xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

Now no paras inside a step will have a text-indent.

I'll take a look at the patch you provided to add normal.para.spacing to the 
first para.


Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yasushi SHOJI" <>
To: "Bob Stayton" <>
Cc: <>; <>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] first <para> in <procedure><step> does not get 
"normal.para.spacing" attribute


> Hi Bob,
>
> I'm attaching small test code.
>
> in that, we have text-indent atrribute in normal.para.spacing
> attributes-set.
>
> <xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
>   <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">10pt</xsl:attribute>
> </xsl:attribute-set>
>
> as you describe below, should we use list.item.spacing, since we do
> not want to have text-indent for para's in procedure step?  but what i
> do not understand is that the reason why we apply normal.para.spacing
> only to the first para, but not others.
>
> thanks,
> -- 
>           yashi
>


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>
>
>
> At Sat, 7 Mar 2009 01:05:25 -0800,
> Bob Stayton wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> The space before the first para in a step normally comes from this 
>> template
>> in fo/lists.xsl:
>>
>> <xsl:template match="procedure/step|substeps/step">
>>     ...
>>     <fo:list-item xsl:use-attribute-sets="list.item.spacing">
>>
>> The space specified in the "list.item.spacing" attribute-set is used 
>> instead
>> of "normal.para.spacing".
>> Putting the space properties on the fo:list-item ensures that the step
>> number (in the fo:list-item-label) and first para in the 
>> fo:list-item-body)
>> have the same space above so they line up.
>>
>> I'm curious under what circumstances this arrangement was not working for
>> you.  When I add normal.para.properties to that fo:block as you did it 
>> has
>> no effect.  If it did work, wouldn't it put it out of vertical alignment
>> with the step number next to it?  What XSL-FO processor and version are 
>> you
>> using?
>>
>> Bob Stayton
>> Sagehill Enterprises
>> 
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Yasushi SHOJI" <>
>> To: <>
>> Cc: <>
>> Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:42 AM
>> Subject: [docbook-apps] first <para> in <procedure><step> does not get
>> "normal.para.spacing" attribute
>>
>>
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > one of my colleagues found that the first <para> does not get
>> > "normal.para.spacing" attribute in <procedure><step> when we convert
>> > to fo. The reason seems to us that the first <para> is handled in
>> >
>> > env/xsl/docbook-xsl-1.73.2/fo/lists.xsl:309
>> >
>> > without use-attribute-set, but all other <para> is handled by
>> >
>> > env/xsl/docbook-xsl-1.73.2/fo/block.xsl:34
>> >
>> > this was same for 1.74.3, the latest we could get.
>> >
>> > attached patch seems to fix the problem but we aren't sure that it is
>> > the way to go.  please check.
>> >
>> > best regards,
>> > -- 
>> >             yashi
>> >
>> > diff -urN docbook-xsl-1.74.3_org/fo/lists.xsl
>> > docbook-xsl-1.74.3/fo/lists.xsl
>> > --- docbook-xsl-1.74.3_org/fo/lists.xsl 2008-05-12 07:27:04.000000000
>> > +0900
>> > +++ docbook-xsl-1.74.3/fo/lists.xsl 2009-03-05 17:22:21.000000000 +0900
>> > @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
>> >                                    local-name()='simpara' or
>> >                                    local-name()='formalpara']"
>> >               priority="2">
>> > -  <fo:block>
>> > +  <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing">
>> >     <xsl:call-template name="anchor"/>
>> >     <xsl:apply-templates/>
>> >   </fo:block>
>> >
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